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Its sore, so inflamed. So just trying to rest it really.

Around 13 miles this weekend, 5 1/2 Saturday 7 1/2 today. starting to believe I won’t humiliate myself in April

Lecce marble has a different quality to the more commonly-seen Carrara - it almost glows in the moonlight. Lots of interesting arts'n'crafts stuff going on there too. If you're ever down in the Heel again, Gallipoli's old town (the bit offshore) is well worth a visit. The new town (on the mainland) is pretty underwhelming.

Quite a few years ago, I spent Christmas in the Italian Gallipoli, near Lecce. Didn't see any egrets, but the city's distinctive marblework is astounding. Then again, I did see an egret in the Silk Stream in North London, just about a minute's walk up the road from home.

I've found those to work a treat - and there's been several scientific studies backing it up too. Best to nip it in the bud before it turns into an injury. The achilles tendon is amazingly slow to heal if it does get a tear or something.

The chronic pain beat me yesterday but I’m heading back out to walk again today. Missus and lad are off out elsewhere so are dropping me off and not letting me get out of it. Beyong frustratingly debilitating at times but I’d be lost if it weren’t for them, they’re the reason to push. Great to read everyone else’s efforts, it really helps keep the motivation so keep up the great work!

Traditional joined up thinking. Our line into London is shut this weekend for yet more engineering works so it is a tedious trip instead on the rail replacement bus. Fortunately one of the utilities has decided to make things even more enjoyable by choosing this weekend to dig up the approach road to the station and put in a threeway traffic light system, which paralyses the town even on a Sunday morning. Given that for the last two years the railway has been shut at weekends for 6-7 months every year, surely it could not have come as a shock that this might be the case?

The hardest part of any run is getting off the sofa. This thread is keeping me honest. The missus has noticed the back of my arms are bigger, which makes sense when my exercise regime is largely based on punching things. I did an hour today, feeling it now. Weigh in: 80.1 kg. (apparently, were I to be actually fighting, I would have to get down to 75kg).

@qikipedia A zoo in Texas has introduced a rather different Valentine's package this year. For a small fee, they will name a cockroach after your ex and feed it to a meerkat.

My Real surname isn't a very common one, so you can imagine my surprise when watching Milford v Lock Lane yesterday, when I heard the commentators call it out for one of the LL players, I mentioned to my daughter that there was also an MK Dons player with our name, and he scored yesterday as well, 2 winners!

Cardiff City have had two back-to-back wins in the top flight for the first time since 1962. That's an impressive stat

Anyone for Coffee? VID-20171120-WA0000 by David Hesketh, on Flickr