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Second rest day !

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 Golf balls sold 136  It's my second rest day and after a nice lay in followed by a hearty breakfast it was out for a walk. The bluebells are really out in force and there are vast areas of the ancient forest that are seas of blue as the the flowers move in the gentle breeze.  Because the weather was so good I decided to extend my hike and do a lap of Blackpark too. It adds another 4 miles on to my hike making it just over 11 in total, of course I had to reward myself with a very overpriced ice cream covered in crushed Biscoff biscuits at £5! It was a nice gentle walk back to the flat, the roe deer where out in numbers I must have seen six different deer on my journey, most of them ignored me and carried on grazing.  I did go up and down Gallions path and today I found 20 golf balls to sort clean and sell. The afternoon was spent on coursework I had to resubmit some questions from the first unit and tomorrow is my deadline. One question took me a while to re answer a...
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Grassroots football, Sutton united

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 Today it was a bit of an adventure, while millions watch the premier league teams of Arsenal and Manchester City and a few even watch Tottenham! There is of course football on your doorstep. Using the grassroots website my friend and I decided to give it a go. The premise is that you pay £25 and 24 hours before a match you are sent an itinerary of where your match is and the local pubs.  Our match was in Sutton south London so a train from Windsor and a couple of changes and we were there. It's the last home game of the season for Surton United an it's Altringham a tricky side. We picked up our tickets from the booking office, there was a nice Sutton united badge for each of us and a complementary drink voucher too.   The match it's self was rather good, Sutton scored a goal mid way through the first half and were playing well. I quick half time pint and it was out for the second half. Unfortunately Sutton dropped off the pace and allowed Altringham to win 1-2 but it was...
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Tunnel 29, Helena Merriman

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  If you’ve looked at this blog in the past you might recall that I have a soft spot for Berlin. Don’t judge until you’ve been ! It’s a truly cosmopolitan city where nearly everything goes and even though you’ve only been in the city for minutes or hours you feel included. Trust me go and visit.  Well the last time we went for a visit we  went on the Berlin tunnel experience where there was a tour of some of the tunnels that were dug under the Berlin Wall in the early 1960’s. It was good and we even saw one of the tunnels that remains to this day.  Helena Merriman has captured the Cold War and Berlin during those tense years. Giving a history of Berlin and explaining how and why the wall came into being, you are then embedded with a group of former east Berliners who are tunnelling to get their loved ones to the west. It’s brilliantly written and you feel as if you are part of the team digging from that basement.  With Cold War tensions, a love story and the thr...
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Return to the gym !

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 76 golf balls sold !  After nearly a month it’s back to the gym, I’m going to be honest it was tough to get back into it. Started off with 30 mins rowing and covered 3661 meters.  Bicep curls next on the machine starting with 20kg going up to 27kg.  Preacher with an ez bar next and started by adding 20kg to the bar then adding 5kg.  Preacher curl on the machine to finish and starting with 15kg then adding 5kg A slow start but hopefully something to build on next week.  Have fun stay safe 👍🏼
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Rest

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  After a busy few days and 28 miles covered I was felling a little run down so decided to rest today. I have sold a few golf balls though 60 in total it’s a good start and a few trips to the parcel shop to get them dispatched.  Hopefully I’m feeling better tomorrow and I can get back to it !  Have fun stay safe 👍🏼
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Gallions path

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  The weather has taken a turn today and it was wet for most of the afternoon, I headed out in my raincoat and tracked around the estate to find today’s WeWards before going up Gallions path.  The bad weather must have kept the other ball hunters indoors as there was a lot to collect compared to previous days, 9 in total which is about average for the summer, the weather broke and I was bathed in brilliant sunshine on the way back home.  It’s been 21 miles in two days so tomorrow I’m going to head to the gym after work for a change and stay warm. It’s been a good day all in all. Have fun stay safe 👍🏼
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Sales, study and Sunday hike.

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  It's my first rest day and I had a nice lay in, well only to 730. I woke up and got stuck into some more course work. I've submitted the first unit of lean organization management techniques so starting the second unit and it starts with Kaizen and continuous improvement.  I completed the first two essays and headed out for a walk. The weather was forecast to be chilly with showers so I put the rain cost on and headed out. It was to Windsor the long walk and lunch in Coté Brasserie today. It was nice but the server forgot I was there.  I've placed some golf balls on eBay and made a sale of some Speedsoft by Taylormade, they are the colourful inked version so I'll be posting them tomorrow. I've also sold some TP5’s at worked so it's a good start.  Have fun stay safe 👍
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