May 21, 2006
Diary of a fat bloke:
OK, I have realized that I don’t do enough exercise, probably eat too much and definitely drink too much. My lifestyle is such that I play in several bands in the winter that involved lots of drinking beer and shots of vodka mixed with sweet sugary stuff, I also share a bottle of wine everyday with Sue, although I probably drink more of it than she does. During the summer things are a little better and as it normally involves a long holiday in Spain, where there is quite a bit of swimming and less hardcore boozing.
We have an old 1989 Eccles Amethyst caravan that we keep at Vinaros Camping in the Costa del Azahar in Spain, which is where we are at the moment.
A few days ago I found a hybrid bike in the junk at the campsite that just needed the front gear shift fixing and a new back tyre and a saddle.
I haven't done any serious cycling for a while (like 20 years!) so I thought I would begin by trying to average 10km a day.
Thursday I went to the end of Vinaros Port and back which is 10km.
Friday I didn't cycle anywhere, but I swam 26 lengths of the pool which is probably about the same as cycling 10km.
Saturday I did nothing at all, so today, Sunday I cycled into Catalunya to Les Cases del Alcanar, which is a very Catalan seaside resort that I didn't even know existed until today, even though I have driven past it on the N-340 many many times. A lovely place that I will say more about when I have some pictures to emphasise what I am on about. But anyhoo, bedtime now.
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