Blender Fox


Training in Quarantine - Day 235

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Went for my walk a bit earlier today, warmer but still chilly.

Went without my woolly hat and gloves for the second half of the walk.

Training in Quarantine - Day 234

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Evening walk, and with a storm coming in, it's wet and windy too. Gone dark much earlier than usual.

Training in Quarantine - Day 233

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Evening walk, temperature dropped again. But doable.

Training in Quarantine - Day 232

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Walked my normal lap -- lighter today than usual, and not as cold. Spotted three ambulances outside a house during the walk. This house has had ambulances outside them multiple times during the pandemic. Maybe someone elderly or mobility impaired lives there? But that wouldn't explain having three ambulances.

Yesterday it was snowing when I was doing the weekly shop and I almost slipped as I unloaded the shopping out of the car. The snow didn't really settle though, so we were relatively safe, and the gritters were out in force in the early hours of the morning.

Training in Quarantine - Day 231

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Another cold day walking. Went past a warehouse that used to have a balloons and party shop.

Now turned into a ScrewFix.

Pandemic has claimed another commercial victim.

Training in Quarantine - Day 229 & 230

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Forgot to log yesterday's walk.

Both yesterday and today was raining, today more heavily than yesterday. Shorter distance than normal as a result.

Training in Quarantine - Day 227 & 228

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Missed logging yesterday's walk, so logging both today. Generally a warmer evening, still needed my wooly hat, but could do away with not wearing gloves. Nose is still running from the cold, but it's definitely not as cold as it has been recently.

Training in Quarantine - Day 226

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Another slightly earlier walk, still hold, thicker layer of frost on the car today.

Was on call this week and got a callout overnight... which fixed itself within 20 minutes. Twice.

Training in Quarantine - Day 225

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Decided to do my Saturday walk earlier -- while it was light. Still freezing cold. When I did the shop this morning, it was -1degC in the car, and we had a light sprinkling of snow (nothing the wipers and window seals couldn't get rid of, though)

Training in Quarantine - Day 224

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Getting still lighter at 4pm when I do my walk.

Back in lockdown again, so will only be able to leave the house for walks and the weekly shop.

Training in Quarantine - Day 223

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A cold and wet day for walking. Only made 2km before getting rained out. It was supposed to be snowing today, but hasn't yet.

Training in Quarantine - Day 222

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Slightly later walk, and still just as cold. Slightly drizzly rain, but not heavy.

Training in Quarantine - Day 221

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The evenings are getting lighter. I went out for my walk at the normal time and it wasn't dark yet.

Literally "light on the horizon"

Training in Quarantine - Day 220

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New Years Day walk. Very quiet, minimal traffic, but the supermarkets were all open still. Drizzly rain, but not heavy.

Training in Quarantine - Day 219

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Another freezing day for walking and again my nose started running half way through. All the cars iced up this morning, so I'm expecting similar on Saturday when I'm out doing the morning shop.

Training in Quarantine - Day 218

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Normal time for walking, and it was dark. And cold. Freezing cold. It could have snowed and I would not have been surprised.

My nose started running just 1.5 km into the walk, that's how cold it was.

Training in Quarantine - Day 217

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Another slightly early walk day, it was absolutely freezing today, snow in some places, but not here, just a layer of frost.

Bank Holiday today.

Gloves and wooly hat weather.

Training in Quarantine - Day 216

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Went out for my walk a bit early, with a bit of daylight still. Still quiet, since it's a Sunday.

Training in Quarantine - Day 215

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Boxing Day walk and the main shops were open again: Co-Op, Sainsbury's, Tesco. Another cold and wet day, and there's talk of a storm coming in towards the tail end of today. We'll see how that goes.

Training in Quarantine - Day 214

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Went for my walk on Christmas Day and it was dead quiet. Hardly anyone out, and all the shops were closed. Most of them, anyway. The local Ocakbasi was open (but takeaway only), the local Co-op, and Sainsbury's were closed. But the local fruit n veg was still open, and the Shell petrol station was open (to cover for those who are driving, even though you're not supposed to socialise outside your bubble). Surprisingly the Tesco petrol station was not open.

And FitBit announced I had got a new badge.

Training in Quarantine - Day 213

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Christmas Eve and a cold afternoon for a walk. And it wasn't even dark yet.

Training in Quarantine - Day 212

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Another evening walk, popped into Sainsbury's to buy a new tub of chewing gum (I have a habit of chewing gum while I'm walking -- not while I'm running, though, the gum is likely to pop out while I'm panting).

Also realised when I was paying for the gum at Sainsbury's that I had forgotten to start my Fitbit tracking so now I don't know how long I walked. Oh well. :(

Training in Quarantine - Day 211

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A nice evenig walk. The Tesco Petrol Station I normally walk past has now reopened (actually reopened a couple of days ago but I didn't notice)

Training in Quarantine - Day 210

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Another nice relaxing evening walk. Went passed the prospective house again for a change.

Training in Quarantine - Day 209

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A nice evening walk. My legs seemed to be a bit sore from yesterday's run in the gym. Then again, I didn't warm up, or stretch before the run.

No gym trip today since I know the showers aren't working for gym users.