19th DEC

It is a bit cold at the moment - about -4C, I know it's all relative though.

I've joined the gym now, if I go slightly more than twice a week then it will

be cheaper than paying for each visit. Last time I went I pushed myself a bit

so I'm doing a bit more than when I first went.
On the treadmill I'm only walking about 3-3.5 Km/hr (a speed suggested by
the instructor), pisses me off a bit when someone on the next machine
is running and hardly working up a sweat - mind you only half my age.

went out yesterday for a 1hr walk, with my camera, Photos below............

 

gym

Went for a 12 week review at the gym.
3 kg up in 6 weeks !! on my waist !!
Well looks like I'll have to do more excercising then.
I'll probably take up membership to the gym - will need to go on average just over twice a week
to make it worth a membership fee

Got the shoulder pulley, bloody hell it hurts - on the web seems like a frozen shoulder can take
maybe 12 mths to sort out.

Hosp

Not much happened lately.
Went to hospital yesterday, had a 1st appointment at physiotherapy.
Was diagnosed with frozen shoulder. Shit, I'm a walking wreck.
Anyway the order of the day is excercise, so I've been given an excercise sheet
and I've sent off for a "Shoulder pulley" - should be fun.

I've got an appointment at the gym this afternoon. It's the 12 week
assesment to see how I'v gone on. I don't really feel much different really.

30 Nov

Been to gym again, decided it was too cold to go out on bike
and heres a pic to prove it >>>>>>>>>>

I'm on a BEATS program
thats ...   Bury's Exercise And Therapy Scheme, you get a personal exercise program
worked out for you, tailored to your medical history and visits to the gym at a discount.
Quite good really. If I'd looked after my health for the last 40 odd years
and NOT SMOKED I wouldn't have had my heart attack. (Probably)

I've smoked since I was about 15 so thats  nearly 50 years,
10's of thousands of pounds I guess 
Well I've not had one since my MI, a fag that is.
    1 - My wife would kill me anyway :)
    2 - Couldn't afford it !!!!!!!

more piccys

One of our cats - Arousha

piccys

A few pics I took today on my wifes old camera - a pentax optio 30

 St Maries R C Church

St Maries Presbytery, Manchester Rd, Bury, Lancashire BL9 0DR

Photography

I have a Flickr page which is - :

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rattypete/

Only a few sets there though.
Trouble is there are so many great photographers on Flickr that sometimes you
think why bother.
My camera is a Sony alpha A200, with a Tamron 17-200mm lens.
I used to use a Canon A540 - which actually took quite good pics,
I had that a while, probably just after they came out.

22/11

Just been to gym, came back with a burger. Well, I don't have that many.
Yesterday we went to Yorkshire Rat Club show.

http://www.yorkshireratclub.co.uk/index.html


Wife and daughter are members, I am just the chauffeur.


Wife is called Cynthia, daughter is Ioana.

tablets

Explanation of my comment about the number of tablets.

I had a serious heart attack in March.
So am on Lipitor, Amlipodine?  etc
Was made redundant in February - coincidence??? - maybe, cos I didn't feel stressed.
I went on a Cardiac Rehab course, which is basically an exercise session once a week.
So now I go to the gym every week and I've bought myself a bicycle.
Quite enjoy the bike.

docs

Been to Docs today with a pain in shoulder - started a few weeks ago.
Possibly tendonitis, so got more tablets to take.
Thats in addition to the 6 or 7 I already take.

Remembrance

Went down to Radcliffe centre today - to the Remembrance parade.
Not something I normally do but something I keep meaning to.
I took my video camera and put it on youtube - not brilliant but will do.

Remembrance parade 2010