Peter Ball

Planning to do a Camino walk

Val and I have been talking about doing “The Camino” for years. My friend James did it some time ago on the French route and Hannah (my daughter) has done parts of it I believe, but I’m not sure about that. We have decided to do a shorter route as a starter for several reasons.1.Continue reading “Planning to do a Camino walk”

ZOE

Its been along while since I last wrote on this space. In December I made the decision to join the app ZOE, which is a science and nutrition company. You can take a look at it here and get a discount if you were to join. I was incentivised to join by my wife whoContinue reading “ZOE”

A Memorable Journey to Vancouver, Alaska and Victoria Island, B.C. Canada

2023 Sept 09-23 Val and I set off for Canada and the island. It had been a long time in planning and we were excited if a little nervous The trip started when we arrived in Vancouver (staying overnight at Sheraton Wall Vancouver Centre, Burrard St, Vancouver, BC V6Z 2R9, Canada) and boarding a cruiseContinue reading “A Memorable Journey to Vancouver, Alaska and Victoria Island, B.C. Canada”

I’m often amazed

I’m often amazed at how much other people seem to have considered the problems of the world and have solutions that they are convinced byI find that quite admirable and it makes me (briefly) feel inadequate and not very clever Currently the world seems doomed to disaster as we regularly have reached 50C in manyContinue reading “I’m often amazed”

Thinking about the planet

We have 14km of atmosphere between us and death. 8 and a bit miles of protection. It’s not much and we’re destroying it. I’m very concerned. I know it’ll be there until I’m gone but I’m concerned for those who come behind. I’m amazed that there are still atmosphere disaster deny’ers.

Coffee

Our usual walk into the city

Do you feel helpless?

Do you feel helpless in this age of pandemic/global warming/political leaders not leading in a good way? I do. Having said that; what can you do about it? Is there an answer? I’m not sure there is for me. I’d love to hear anyone else’s thoughts.

Its been a while

Infact it’s been a whole year. A whole year older and 2 stone lighter and 4 inches off my waist. I think that’s quite an achievement. At our age you start thinking about how long you’ve got left and how you can improve what you’ve got left. Val and I adopted a new way. WeContinue reading “Its been a while”

We got married

I just noticed I hadn’t posted anything about our wedding and I’d like to explain I didn’t post because I was away using blogger instead The big day was 7th Aug 2020 https://photos.app.goo.gl/vmFwdKVSpjevSFCg7

Val’s back at work

The holiday finished on Monday (Easter Monday) and Val went back upstairs to her work. She is very fastidious about putting in the time. I’m sure I never was. She has been feeling insecure about what she is doing but yesterday she received an email telling her what a wonderful piece of work she hadContinue reading “Val’s back at work”