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The weather has been gloriously sunny in England this spring, and with a very gradual phased return planned for after the Easter holidays, and aware that once I was back at work, even with reduced hours, I was likely to be too exhausted to do anything in my free time, I was keen to get… Read more
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I am still signed off work with CFS and still focusing on graded exercise – and am relieved that I am finally seeing signs of improvement. In order to micromanage my recovery I have, with the odd exception, stuck to exactly the same walk every day, gradually increasing my step count after 5 – 7… Read more
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My spirits were definitely lifted by the recent beautiful weather. I am finding my daily walk to be a bit of a chore but I enjoyed sitting on a bench in the park at the end, reading my book and soaking up some much needed warmth and sunshine. Although it has now turned cold again,… Read more
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Despite my best efforts at rest, my health continued to deteriorate by the day, and the realisation that I was suffering the worst relapse I have had in three years, hit me very hard. Up until now these bigger relapses have come every two years, always towards the end of January/start of February, resulting in… Read more
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I love Christmas but always approach the new year with a certain amount of trepidation. For as long as I can remember I have just felt terribly sad as the old year comes to an end, and having written a diary since the age of seven, the empty pages of a new volume have always… Read more
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In the run up to Christmas, I normally make an effort to visit a different town every weekend, to see their lights and have a browse around the Christmas markets. Unfortunately this year, there were two weekends with severe storms which coincided with the special Christmas events in Tenterden and Rye, where I decided that… Read more
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My daughter and I completed this next part of the coast path on 31st October in gloriously warm sunshine. Although we have walked from Dover to St Margarets and back, and Deal to Kingsdown and back many times before, we have only done the middle section once, and it was the first time that we… Read more
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Autumn is the perfect time for getting out into the woods to admire the fabulous leaf colour, and a highlight this year was a visit to the Ashdown Forest in East Sussex, the inspiration behind Winnie the Pooh’s Hundred Acre Wood. We caught the bus from East Grinstead to the village of Hartfield on the… Read more
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I am a bit weird when it comes to my birthday. I hate a fuss being made and I hate people wishing me happy birthday so much that I actively avoid telling anyone when it is, so that with one or two exceptions, only my immediate family know the date, and we mark the occasion… Read more
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I haven’t just done Part 5 of my Kent Coast Walk, hot on the heels of a CFS flare up. We actually completed it on a very hot Sunday at the end of August, but I just haven’t had time to write it up and it is a very belated account. This is a section of… Read more
A Little Kentish Magic 