There aren’t that many places in the world that have experienced conflict within my life time that are now deemed relatively safe to travel to, on the scale of which Sarajevo experienced. The scars of which can still be seen today.
A few years ago, I wrote Glastonbury: The Unofficial Survival Guide. This was something I shared with a couple of friends who were going to be coming with me for their first ever Glastonbury who asked for some information on what it was like and some tips on how to get by. It must have done its job as they both survived
An ex-colleague, and member of my beach swim club alerted me to the fact that the yoga studio that she attends around the corner from me was doing a day of free trial sessions. I had done yoga before and thought it was alright but preferred Pilates. Partly because it felt like a workout while resolving my flexibility issues, partly because a friend is an instructor and therefore have to prefer it and partly because previous yoga instructors I had been in contact with fit the stereotype of hemp wearing vegans who could feel the universe flowing through a haemorrhoid if the planets were in alignment. I thought I would give it a go anyway. A free class is a free class after all.
Like half of the population, I dipped a metaphorical and literal toe into the world of cold water swimming during lockdown. The reasoning for this was partly because a couple of friends and people I follow on the gram participate, partly because the health benefits are well documented, it was free and partly out of boredom and needed a new activity to involve myself in.
Today marks a year since the government announced its first national Lockdown. In some ways it feels like the longest year ever experienced by anyone ever, in other ways it really does not feel like it’s been that long at all. It is funny thinking back to that time when no one will have predicted that we would still be here a year later.
Apart from an hour and a half at the Milton Keynes Snozone in October 2018, the last time I went skiing was in 2012. We went to Bansko in Bulgaria which was great for the ability we were at the time and the budget we had but some of them started to go more regularly and wanted more of a challenge and some more options on and off the slopes. I had never been to the Alps before and was told it was going to in a whole different league from what i had done before. It was great.
Now, I’m definitely not a boxer by any stretch of the imagination, I’m a lover, not a fighter, but I have been interested in getting involved in some form of combat sport for the fitness side that goes with it. I don’t really want to fight anyone, just wanted to be in a position where if needed I could defend myself. I work in a leisure centre that hosts a charity boxing event run by Ultra White Collar Boxing.
