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Tag Archives: scotland
21st pint of blood given…
I gave blood for the 21st time today. 🙂 I gave blood in the new donor bus this time as it came to my work. 😀 My haemoglobin was 13.9 which is pretty good (it has to be 12.5 to … Continue reading
Day 4 WHW Slideshow and links
Here is a slideshow of Day 5 (Saturday 7th April 2012) of our walk on the West Highland Way: Here are the links to the posts I did about that day: West Highland Way April 2012 Pag West Highland Way: Finished! … Continue reading
Posted in West Highland Way
Tagged balmaha, conic hill, drymen, highland, milngavie, scotland, walk, way, west, west highland way
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Day 4 WHW Slideshow and links
Here is a slideshow of Day 4 (Friday 6th April 2012) of our walk on the West Highland Way: Here are the links to the posts I did about that day: West Highland Way April 2012 Page Nearly there… at Kinlochleven … Continue reading
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Tagged balmaha, conic hill, drymen, highland, milngavie, scotland, walk, way, west, west highland way
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Day 3 WHW Slideshow and links
Here is a slideshow of Day 3 (Thursday 5th April 2012) of our walk on the West Highland Way: Here are the links to the posts I did about that day: West Highland Way April 2012 Page Day 3 on … Continue reading
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Tagged balmaha, conic hill, drymen, highland, milngavie, scotland, walk, way, west, west highland way
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Day 2 WHW Slideshow and links
Here is a slideshow of Day 2 (Wednesday 4th April 2012) of our walk on the West Highland Way: Here are the links to the posts I did about that day: West Highland Way April 2012 Page Weather for days … Continue reading
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Tagged balmaha, conic hill, drymen, highland, milngavie, scotland, walk, way, west, west highland way
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Day 1 WHW Slideshow and links
Here is a slideshow of Day 1 (Tuesday 3rd April 2012) of our walk on the West Highland Way: Here are the links to the posts I did about that day: West Highland Way April 2012 Page Weather forecast … Continue reading
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Tagged balmaha, conic hill, drymen, highland, milngavie, scotland, walk, way, west, west highland way
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New Half Marathons 2011 page
I’ve created a new Half Marathon page which holds all the links to the post I did for the three Half Marathons I did in 2011. Events > Half Marathons 2011 Enjoy. 🙂
1,000 days off the booze!
Today is the 1,000th consecutive day that I’ve been off alcohol! (2 and 3/4 years) It has now become very easy to keep alcohol out of my life, and although I don’t think that everyone should cut out alcohol, I’m pleased that I’ve managed … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Motivation, Nutrition, Special Event
Tagged alcohol, drink, give up, govenment, minimum pricing, scotland, scottish, teetotal
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I’ve signed up to give blood again…
I’ve signed up to give blood again, it’ll be the 20th time I’ve given. I’m going in on the morning of the 29th of December. 😀 (A whole 12 weeks after the last time I gave blood – that’ll be … Continue reading
Wk40 – Training Plan
This week, my first week of building my running mileage up… didn’t start off too well. After Sunday night, 3.5 hours in the pool, I was knackered. All of Monday, all I could think about was my bed. And after … Continue reading
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Tagged 7:55am, bbc, catriona, news, rest, revised plan, scotland, shearer, sunrise
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