back of the bank holidays

well iam happy to see the end of the 2 back to back bank hollidays we have had, yes it was nice to have a bit of a break but with being skint and no one to share it with felt a bit of a waste realy, this last one the royal wedding i got payed so it wasnt to bad but still was bored and fed up but i got all my jobs done

my car got though its mot but i had lots of advisorys for next years mot so i changed my head lights, back seat, door locks and seat belt clip, i also sorted a bit of rust out while it wasnt to bad now thursday just got to take it for its service so should last me a bit longer i was quite pleased with my head lights as i got them for 50 quid i was looking on the net and was getting worryed as they were anything from 50 upto 80 quid a side so was starting to panic but luck had it a local scrap yard had a pair of head lights just in stock for 25 quid a side so was well happy and they looked brand new and they do look quite good,

sunday saw me go to dovedale for the day wasnt to bad but not the same by yourself i did a 7 mile walk and climb 2 hills i know my fitness has inproved as last time after walking up one hill and walked a mile i was knackered so to do 7 miles and 2 hills i was quite happy but tired i had my packed lunch on top of a hill about a 600ft up the view was amazing and not many people passed me as sat there for 40 mins seeing other people climb up the hill and got so far up then went back down, i must say the wind was a bit bad once you got half way up but i just continued as i wanted to get to the top but i managed 3 quarters of the hill before i chickend out cos of the wind but next time ill go right to the top,

anyway its just good to get back to some norm as been a bit off my routine of late but now iam backish on it have a goodun and stay save even tho bin laden is dead so they say theres still some nutters around

almost finding the time

well the last few weeks have been quite manic at work and in my social life, work has had its up's and down's and there is goign to be a change or 2 at work come after easter i think but more will follow on in the next week or so also ive become a single man again after a year and a half we didnt break up on bad terms and are still firends but i think in our current situations we both needed this maybe one day we might get back to gether who knows but at the moment i know being single is just what i need,





also in the last few weeks since i last posted i have done my 1st charity 5k run for those who dont do k's it is 3.2 miles and i ran it in 33 minuets now my goal is to do the 5k in under 30 and build upto longer distances, this has been quite a break though realy as i never thought i be doing these 5k runs but iam happy with my progress so far and just need to see where all this takes me, on the cycling front iam still been doing a lot of that think ive been overdoing it a bit as last week ive had a realy bad back i know i must of gotten the fittness bug as ive been layed up for 4 days and on the 3rd i was wanting to go on my bike and the gym but i wasnt goint to risk pulling my back even more, iam almost over my bad back now still get a twinge here and there but i can do gentle exercize and cycle and i hope in the next few days i will completely get better,





also these last few weeks ive been managing my time much better but seem to still be struggling with my blog some of the problem is i have so much to say i dont know where to start, or its the case of knowing what to say but writing my thoughts down as it never reads right when i put them down on here but iam thinking sod it and just write away anyway iam goign to make more a effort to post on my blog i know i said that last time but hey i might even do it





have a goodun and stay safe as it sound like there still nutters trying to blow each other up and stuff

mother nature hitting back

i was reading over on http://hadpunk.wordpress.com/ about the end of the world, i have often thought lately about things like this is mother nature telling us to slow down i dont think a war will be the end of the world i think mother nature will wipe us out


just look at whats happening weather wise round the world look at oz land how bad there rains have been look at the big earthquake in new zeland and now japan how much more is mother nature going to put on us, i think all this global warming is happening much quicker then the scientists 1st thoguht just look at the amount of cars on the road i never thought the traffic would be this bad there are many familys in brittan who own more than one car now


just look at the other eve the amount of traffic on the road at 10pm was amazing just a busy as 12pm lunchtime and for sunday once a nice quite day can now be just one of the busyest days on the road, i hope in the next 12 months with the price of petrol road tax and insurance it will price many people off the roadand make for a quiter life, but i suppose people will stop doing stuff like going to the pub or having meals out to save money for there car but i think the next 12 months will be very intresting finance wise for many people

if prices of living ie food petrol bills for the house somethings going to break as if i lived by myself i more than likely hardly go to the pub or i would most probly give my car up, oh well enough of me rambling on have a goodun and stay safe

fitness and motivation

in my last post i mentioned i would add more about my fitness and motivation, the last 2 months has seen my motivation realy rise and ive been the fittest and lightest ive ever been for a long time, and even running 5k 3 times a week which i never thought i'd do my weight stands at 13st 10lbs iv notbeen that since i was in my early 20's and my uncontroling sweating has become a lot better,

i still need to sort my sleeping as that is still hit and miss but i suppose that is part of life but when iam on the morning shift which i have to get up at half 4 in the morning just having 4 hours sleep a night isnt very good at all, one of the things iam a bit dissapointed with is my cycling ive not been doing that much as iam still a bit lazy but with the petrol prices iam making a big effort to get back on me bike as its only 20 mins to work so iam being silly realy ill get there

2 things ive got planned for this year for my fitness is a 5k run end of march and see how i go a half marathon in september and a cycle to skeggness and the half marathonwill be the big ones i think for this year think the cycle to skeggy will be middle of the year that will be a 80 mile ride iam hoping to do that in 10 hours yup you heard me right i think its quite a realistic time and for my 5k run time i would like to run it in 25 minuets which again i think is a realistic time

on the whole 2011 looks a good year to finish my weight loss program and get myself to the full fitness i once was when i was in my early 20's iam going to lose another 3 quarters of a stone and see how i look as i think once ive got down to 13 stone i should look okay only time will tell

anyway time for a cuppa and stay safe you lot

busyish week ahead

well what a cold start to the week i wasnt expecting it to be -2c this morning when i got up i was feeling a bit wired friday morning waking up to the news about japan, because i was talking to me mate thursday about how we going to have a supermoon these next few days

that is when the moon is closest to the earth the last time the moon was so close was 12 years ago i think but dont quote me and this time its just over 200,00 miles away from the earth, iam was feeling a bit wired fri and sat cos on thursday i was talking to me mate in how i think this super moon will give us some crazy weather either a earth quake or tsunami and what happens japan gose and have both, i was feeling quite starange

i dont think ive suddenly got perdicting powers it was me just being me and speaking my mind about whats going to happen with the weather and expecting the worse to be honest i thoguht we would have some high winds and some snow but nothing like whats happened in japan

anyway this week looks set to be a busy one iam upping my training cos my 5K run is fast aproching 27th of march its going to be tight if iam going to do the run in my expected time of 25 minuets as ive been a bit lazy last 2 weeks but the next 2 iam going to push myself and go for it my training will involve cycling and more running and rowing if i keep to my plan i should be okay just hope my motivation keeps up as iam quite looking forward to my run as ill have proved a bit point to myself and friends thati can do a run

as over the las 14 months ive achieved quite a lot in my personal fittness and life style cut the drinking down doing okayish with the junk food not had a kebab since last august which iam amazed myself realy as people who know me knew how many i used to have i still have a pizza or fish and chips now and again but thats about it these days, i dont seem to have the cravings for junk food like i once did iam goign to write more about this in a later post but in all iam quite happy with my progress maybe i could of done the whole weight loss thing quicker but least this way iam doign things i still can enjoy some of the food i like

also this week iam off to the pics and catch up on a few films theres a few i want to watch and with me being on mornings this week think its the best time to catch up, one i would like ot see is iam number 4 and battle los angeles and a few more as well, with films lately iam watching quite a few some have been good and some bad think iam going to make a film review posting once a week as iam watching so many films at the mo think it be a good idea

right iam off to get some breakfast as me belly is growling at me and you lot stay safe

owning a car

cars are getting a expensive thing to own these days with petrol prices getting to 1.40 a litre car insurance and road tax keep going up the other eveing i filled my car half up and it cost me 35 quid to i worked it out that to fill my car up to the rimm could cost me just over 70 quid what a shocker,

i also got my car tax reminder yesterday and thats 205 quid the last 2 years its gone up 30 quid, also this year my car insurance went up 100 quid to 440 a year so to run my car this year along with a mot and service in april its goign to cost me just short of 900 quid a lot of money realy to say iam 35 my insurance should be much cheaper

when i first oned my 1st car when i was 25 a litre of petrol was 73 pence i went mad when it went upto 75 pence a litre lol but i never thought owning a car has gotten this much out of controll, reading the papers recently petrol could go upto 2 quid a litre if and when it happens i realy will have to rethink owning a car,

it would be a sad day if i was to give my car up but on the other hand i cant justifiy paying that much for petrol well have to see what happens over the next few months its going to be intresting to see how we all cope with this constant increse in petrol

anyway iam off on me bike to work today have a goodun and stay safe

Quick start to 2011

well been a while again since my last post had lots to say but dont know where to start with it all and time to a certain degree, as ive been quite busy with work and at times my scoial life has been busy, whats happened since my last posting, well money wise iam good iam busy paying my dad back what i owe him already payed 1600 quid off so by the end of the year i should be debt free,

iam now making my monthly wage last me till the end of the month now and even saving each month which ive not done for 5 years or so and its a good feeling to be able to save even if its just a little, and when it comes to not being able to affrod to do things with freiends iam no longer amashmed in telling them i can not aford it i just dont go out, which makes me again feel loads better,

my drinking is okay ive decied not to stop but have one good night out a week then one night in the week ill drop in to the pub for 2 pints and iam quite happy that ive worked out why i was drinking for and now ive opened up to friends and family about my problems i dont need to hide behind drink and the last coupel of months have been thebest of my life for a long time

me and joann are still together and with it being valentines day soon ive got her a nice supirse nothing to major but its enough to say how i feel about her cant belive its almost a year and a half we been together now and still going strong

i also cant belive how quick 2011 is going i was only celebrating new year in with frinds at the local 5 mins ago now its febuary already and before you know it another year gone i have lots of things planned for 2011 as last year was a bit of a washout with lack of days out but will post about them later on