Christian Ainley my day to day

  Firstly it has to be noted that this book was published after the 2004 season, and it's interesting to look back at that time. Arsenal had just won the league and everyone looked at Chelsea and the Russian money and how it was going to change football and the model of how a club can become successful.  It's always good to look at the history of something you're passionate about and the history of Arsenal football club was an interesting read. The early years as Dial square in the royal armouries and the move to North London and the politics that saw a neighbour (Spurs) relegated while Arsensl remained in the football league. It looks at that dominant 1930s team all the way through to that famous 0-0 at Old Trafford where six Arsenal players were charged with misconduct.  It's a well written book and if you're an Arsenal fan or you like sports in general you should add this to your collection. It would be interesting for the author to revisit a look how football de...

The weather has declined so rather than walking in the sunshine it's back to the gym. It was rowing to start with a good place 3888 meters over 30 minutes.  It was on to biceps to start with preacher and an ez bar, I started off with 10kg a side going up to 12.5kg a side. It was ok.  On to preacher with plates and kicking that off with 15kg going up to 20kg.  Cable curls next and my usual machine was broken so it was onto the one next door. Starting with a slow 15kg curl and dropping down to 12.5kg again slow.  Machine curls next and starting with 27.5kg and then dropping down to 20kg.  Bar curls to finish and 20kg down to 17.5Kg to finish off.  Not the best session but it was good to be back, I'm going to try and find a balance now I'm free of course work. Hopefully not many resubmits to work on so I can concentrate on walking and gym.  Have fun stay safe 👍

  The state of Israel was born with blood in 1948. With little resources using equipment that was surplus from World War Two it managed to survive against all odds. All of Israel’s neighbours plotted to destroy the new state and constantly harassed the plucky neighbour. War came again in 1954 and Isreal made gains and grew in size but the shift came in 1967 that was the year that defined Isreal as a Middle East power and from which all modern Middle Eastern politics can be traced.  Egypt, Jordan and Syria sponsored by rich Arab countries where planning the ultimate downfall of Isreal, with modern weapons supplied by the USSR there were various plans being made on how to accomplish the destruction of Isreal. It started off with small cross border raids and harassing Israeli settlements. Mossad Israel’s security service was being overwhelmed with information of a planned attack. Israel decided to be bold and take the front foot, in probably the most audacious piece of military o...

 Golf balls sold 420 It’s my first rest day, I know I haven’t posted for a while but I did knuckle down and I’ve submitted my last unit for the lean management course, I’m waiting for it to be marked and any resubmits.  Today it was a long walk up Gallions and around Black park. Not very successful at the ball hunting with only 7 today but I did manage to get through my book.  When I get some feedback from my course I’ll keep you updated I think I’ve made a couple of mistakes but let’s see.  Have fun stay safe 👍🏼

  Of the three checkpoints between West Berlin and East Germany check point Charlie is probably the most famous and notorious. Being in the center of Berlin it’s the focus point of two army’s that are on the brink of war. It’s also the staging point for all the ‘diplomatic crossings’ to east Berlin and where tourists rom the west can enter East Berlin for sightseeing trips or to take advantage of cheaper goods that can only be bought in the east such as Dresden and Mason tableware.  The author delves deep into the politics of post World War Two Germany and the reasons behind the creation of the Berlin Wall before taking you through the history of the only checkpoint to link East and West in the city. He’ll guide you through what it was like to use the checkpoint as a tourist or journalist knowing the the East German secret police Stasi are watching you’re every move with suspicion. The ‘diplomatic’ missions sent into the east to gather information and the hair raising chases a...

  I got home from work and immediately started the last unit of lean organisational management techniques. The last unit is about teams and team leading which is ironic as I’ve just finished a course on that. I wrote an essay on what makes an effective team and then headed out.  It’s a bank holiday weekend and the weather is great which means golf for lots of people ! This in turn means many of them will be buying expensive golf balls and systematically distributing them in to the local flora and fauna around the golf course. Being an enterprising golf ball reseller I had to go and take advantage. It was a good haul today of 34 which makes 72 for the weekend and nearly a 20% replacement of my sold stock. Not bad ! I’ll sort them out, clean them and start listing them on eBay.  A good day all in all !  Have fun stay safe 👍🏼