Category Archives: Health and fitness

A twinge too far

Posted on October 15, 2025 by JJS

🇬🇧 “Ouch,” I said this morning — and not in my usual ah-my-back-is-just-warming-up sort of way. No, this was a new one. A sharp little reminder from somewhere deep in the kidney department, like a mischievous elf poking me with … Continue reading →

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Chronicles of a (nearly) ascetic monk

Posted on July 9, 2025 by JJS

🇬🇧 Episode 1 The scale strikes back It’s been exactly ten days since I ended a long and passionate relationship… with alcohol. Not a drop, not even a cheeky glass of rosé on the terrace (I know, living dangerously). The … Continue reading →

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0% alcohol, 100% questionable timing

Posted on July 5, 2025 by JJS

🇬🇧 Last Sunday — for reasons still unclear even to myself — I made a bold decision: I stopped drinking alcohol. Not forever. Not for a bet. Not even for a deeply philosophical reason. Just… because.(Cue dramatic music and the … Continue reading →

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Heatwave hysteria

Posted on July 3, 2025 by JJS

🇬🇧 Have we become a nation of weaklings? I’ve travelled extensively and lived in parts of Asia where the thermometer never dips below 30°C—day or night. Add to that a suffocating level of humidity, and you’ve got real, relentless heat. … Continue reading →

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Health warnings 🇬🇧

Posted on May 19, 2024 by JJS
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Drinks

Posted on January 17, 2023 by JJS

I have been running the latest statistics and as far as I can see: 🍸 In 2022 I went without a drink 313 days 🍸 Today marks the 200th day in succession without a drink 2022

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Cycling

Posted on August 18, 2022 by JJS

This year’s Global Bicycle Index looked at 90 cities around the world and ranked them based on loads of factors, from bike lanes and rates of bike theft to the number of days of ‘cyclable’ weather per year. I am … Continue reading →

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M*A*S*H

Posted on August 18, 2022 by JJS

MORE AGREED STAY in HOSPITAL I am back in for the 4th consecutive visit in so many weeks. I have been here 90 minutes and although I have a room, the usual one, so far no one has been here … Continue reading →

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Your room is ready…

Posted on August 3, 2022 by JJS

Just checked in hospital as planned for a follow-up and supposedly a day of transfusions. I left home at 8:02 precisely, walked into the hospital at 8:07, was greeted by Ludivine who is my extremely nice nurse for the day … Continue reading →

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Quarantaine

Posted on June 24, 2022 by JJS

I have been dodging the virus for the past couple of years but it finally caught up with me a few days ago. In fact that little bastard hit me hard on my birthday and I had to pull out … Continue reading →

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