Category Archives: Keeping Fit

Weekly Photo Challenge: Habit

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Barbara

As Michelle says in the Weekly Photo challenge, having a dog does indeed mean going for walks daily, often more than once a day. Where the habit comes in for us is where we chose to go for our walks. … Continue reading →

Posted in Autumn, Cocker Spaniels, Keeping Fit, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Photography, Surrey Hills, Teenagers, Walking, Wilson | Tagged habit, Photography 101, Postaday, Postaweek, St Martha on The Hill, Weekly Photo Challenge | 13 Comments

Do Vitamin B12 injections help?

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Barbara

Please let me know!! I am exhausted, beyond exhausted. I could sleep for 100 years… Where is the 13th fairy godmother when you need her? I have recently started an 8 week ‘lifestyle change’ programme for ME sufferers to help … Continue reading →

Posted in Athletics, Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, Health, ME, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Pain | Tagged 30 Day Ab Challenge, Exhaustion, fairy godmother, Groundhog Day, Postaweek, Vitamin B12, vitamin b12 injections | 20 Comments

Ouch!!

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Barbara

No pain no gain… But this is HARD!! I’ve started the 30 Day Ab Challenge. In fact I startled it 24 days ago, but I’m only on day 15. It’s really hard to motivate myself to do 15 to 20 … Continue reading →

Posted in Anorexia, Diet, Getting old, Keeping Fit, ME, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis | Tagged 30 Day Ab Challenge, Body Image, Cholesterol, Crunches, Diet, Plank, Situps | 5 Comments

Travel Theme; Mountains

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Barbara

My personal travel theme seems to currently be Egypt, and the highest mountain I have climbed (in the middle of the night led by a local Bedouin who we named ‘mountain goat boy’) was Mount Sinai in the Sinai Peninsula. … Continue reading →

Posted in Egypt, Keeping Fit, Photography, Walking | Tagged Bedouin, Moses' Mountain, Mount Sinai, Postaday, St Catherine's Monastery, Sunrise, The Burning Bush, Travel Theme, Vertigo | 8 Comments

Spring is coming!

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Barbara

We went for a walk yesterday up St Martha’s Hill & I was thrilled to find these at the top!

Posted in Photography, Surrey Hills, Walking | Tagged Guildford, Snowdrops, Spring, St Martha on The Hill | 10 Comments

From Sofa to Marathon – Week 3

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Barbara

This post comes to you live from an aeroplane almost in Egypt (actually, I scheduled it before I left…) I spoke to my doctor last Wednesday about my plans to try and get fit by doing Marathon training, while also … Continue reading →

Posted in 40, Athletics, Chronic Fatigue, Diet, Fibromyalgia, Getting old, Health, Janathon, Keeping Fit, Marathon, Neuralgia, Running, Wilson | Tagged 52-Week Project, Chronic Fatigue, Getting Fit, Janathon, Marathon, New Years Resolution, Postaweek, Sofa to Marathon, Training, Wilson | 8 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge; Resolved

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Barbara

Why is it, that when I see the word resolve I think Vectors and Trigonometry Resolving vectors – The figure above illustrates vector resolution by components. In the first example, a boat crosses a river without compensating for the current. … Continue reading →

Posted in Janathon, Keeping Fit, Maths, Neuralgia, Photography, Physics, Science, Sinus headache, Wilson | Tagged New Years Resolution, Panasonic DMC-FZ62, Photography, Postaday, Resolved, Trigonometry, Vector Resolution, Weekly Photo Challenge | 14 Comments

From Sofa to Marathon – Week 2

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Barbara

I’m definitely on the mend, my cough and snuffly nose are much better so now that my Achilles tendon is also mended I really need to start jogging again, even if its really slowly to start with. I’m back out … Continue reading →

Posted in 40, Athletics, Diet, Fibromyalgia, Getting old, Health, Janathon, Keeping Fit, Marathon, Neuralgia, Running, Wilson | Tagged 52-Week Project, Getting Fit, Janathon, Marathon, New Years Resolution, Postaweek, Sofa to Marathon, Training, Wilson | 9 Comments

All is sunny on New Years Day :-)

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Barbara

A beautiful sunny New Years Day in Weybridge, so Wilson got a great walk & I got to play with my camera. The river is still in flood, but the water has gone down a bit. No chance of getting … Continue reading →

Posted in Boats, Janathon, Photography, Walking, Water | Tagged Boats, D'Oyly Carte Island, Desborough Island, ferry landing, Flooding Thames, new years day, River Thames, River Wey, Weir, Weybridge, Whittets Ait | 16 Comments

Beautiful colours in the scrub at Brooklands

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Barbara

Walking Wilson in Brooklands today I noticed this lovely red colour in the scrublands. Peter says it is Dogwood (Cornus Sanguinea) or ‘midwinter fire’, people grow it for the stunning colour of the stems. The world’s first purpose-built motor racing … Continue reading →