Peter Ball

THE POWER OF BAREFOOT RUNNING

WHY IT’S TIME TO START RUNNING/WALKING THE WAY WE WERE BORN TO https://www.vivobarefoot.com/uk/why-barefoot/running “Barefoot running is not about speed; it’s about feeling the ground under you, finding balance, and trusting the process.” Ted McDonald – barefoot ultrarunner

Parkrun

Today Val and I did Parkrun at Sloughbottom Park. I walked as Parkwalker and Val was a Marshall. It was a warm day and the 5K took me about 50 minutes. I walked with two other ladies

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Hampden View Hedgehogs are back

We’ve only just started to see hedgehogs coming back since we last saw some in late November last year. Here’s yesterdays film. You can see the playlist if you look at this video or use this link https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPVuizlnkmHHwMYadRDjd90rTGUq6-hiY&si=BqUkseMprwJ-fYcb

Senator Cory Booker breaks a record

Sen. Cory Booker on Tuesday broke the record for the longest Senate floor speech as he protested against President Trump’s policies. The New Jersey Democrat spoke for longer than Sen. Strom Thurmond’s 24 hour and 18 minute address in 1957. Courtesy of Youtube and CBS News #Politics#USA

Making ice cream

I make ice cream several times a week. I generally use home made yoghurt and custard as the main ingredients adding dark fruits from the freezer. Today’s batch has blackberry added. There is no sugar added. #Ice-cream

Fasting until Friday

Autophagy is an amazing process…. Autophagy fasting, a dietary approach, involves fasting to stimulate autophagy, a cellular process where cells break down and recycle damaged components to generate energy and building blocks. This process is triggered by nutrient deprivation, leading to the body utilizing stored resources for energy. Here’s a more detailed explanation: What is Autophagy? HowContinue reading “Fasting until Friday”

Mother’s Day 2025

Today, March 30th the clocks went forward an hour. We’ll have lighter evenings and for a while darker mornings. Val went for afternoon tea with Alice, Chris, Hazel and Poppy. #Mothersday

The signal Trump Scandal continues

March 27, 2025 From Heather Cox Richardson Today, Wired reported that it had found four more Venmo accounts associated with the Trump administration officials who participated in the now-infamous Signal chat about a planned military attack on the Houthis in Yemen. A payment on one of them was identified only with an eggplant emoji, which is commonlyContinue reading “The signal Trump Scandal continues”