Well, there it was done. Another year older and another year wiser, or maybe not as the case may be.
It's been another funny year. Covid has continued to be at the forefront of everyone's attention and has somewhat limited some of the fun we could have been having, especially at the start of the year, but we did get some semblance of normality in the Summer and Autumn, so it's not been all bad. The weather's not been brilliant, with April having a frost pretty much every day, which is not only unusual, but held back the allotment growing season, considerably. We did have a week of glorious sunshine in July, which just happened to coincide with "The Emma" and I being on holiday, which made for a pleasant change. Although "The Emma" said it was too hot. I however was in my element! As always there's been a few highlights to the year; a new job, a new engine for the van, lots of running and cycling, summer flowers and plenty of pottering around enjoying myself. And there's been a few downsides; a new job and a new engine for the van (note how these two manage to make both lists), the passing of the "Old Cheese" and a few injury issues which curtailed my running fun for a few weeks. But generally it's been another good year for me. Whilst I'll sit down at some point over the coming weeks and put together a bit of a review of 2021 for the reminiscing pages of my website, I always think that it's worth just getting a few numbers and highlights down before the year ends, just to prove that I did on occasion get off my backside and practice what I preach. Happy new year everyone, here's hoping that 2022 will be as good as 2021 was. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In 2021 I; Cycled 6863 miles, Including too and from our holiday in the Peak District in July (200 miles each way), and a winter 500km Audax in Dec. Ran 1864 miles, including at least a marathon every month. In fact I ran 17 marathons in 2022, of which 9 were Ultra's, including two 50 mile monsters, and ran another 16 half marathons. Spent 41 Nights away in the Van, which is pretty good going considering that the first half of the year we were under Covid restrictions and not allowed out to play, and then it was off the road for nearly 3 months while I sorted out the engine issues, and spent another 6 nights Bivvying out, including 2 occasions when I woke up covered in frost! Wore out 3 pairs of running shoes, a couple of bike chains, 4 bike tyres and a few other consumables. Replaced the engine in my van. Maintained the allotment, keeping us in home grown, tasty, veg for the year, and made more Jam than you can shake a stick at, which makes me smile every day, when I dollop a spoonful into my porridge. Oh, and I've cycled or run to work every day since I started my new job in February! Yep, I'm happy with 2021, now lets see if we can beat those numbers in 2022!
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Paul PerrattOld enough to know better, young enough to still feel invincible, stupid enough to keep on trying the same thing again and again. Cyclist, Gardener, Runner, Hiker, Cook, Woodworker, Engineer, Jack of all trades and master of none, Anti social old git and all round miserable bugger. Archives
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