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The Navy Lark

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  When anyone thinks of British comedy they go straight to Monty Python, The Two Ronnies, Dads Army or a host of other comedy shows, but they all owe their existence to The Navy Lark.  In the late 50’s and early 60’s Tv’s were expensive to even rent never mind own, so lots of families would listen to the radio instead. The BBC were the only real radio stations so that was the option. Luckily the BBC invested heavily in its programming and bought classics like ‘The Goon Show’ that lunched Peter Sellers to be a household name. The other light comedy on the BBC was ‘The Navy Lark’ it's available on aubible or even for free on you tube and it's the root of that 70’s 80’s and 90’s comedy you can hear it in the shows especially Monty Pyton.  The crew of a fictional Royal Navy frigate find themselves in lot of tricky situations mainly because of the enept crew and swindling Mr Pertwee. Give them a listen and see how much of latter shows you can spot in the writing and performanc...
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Walking day

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 Golf balls sold 226  The weather was good so it was an out for a walk, I had to drop off some Taylormade Distance golf balls at the parcel shop and then it was up Gallions path. It was a nice dry walk but there aren’t many mid week golfers so it was only 5 golf balls today and I’m still missing my elusive Taylormade tour response golf ball for my set.  It’s been a nice day and it was good to get some sunshine and feel the warmth. It’s home for some rest before work tomorrow.  Have fun stay safe 👍🏼
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Gym day

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 Golf balls sold 204  It back to the gym today and it was straight on to the cross trainer intervals level 14. Not my highest pace but I got through 30 mins. 370 callores and 1.51km.  It was on to tri push down macystarting with 42kg and going up to 57kg. Cable machine next and rope pull downs 16kg up to 28kg. Overhead pulls next and starting with 20kg up to 28kg. Cable bar pull down 16kg up to 28kg. French press to finish starting with 17.5kg down to 15kg. It was a good session I need to keep it going 🤔 Have fun stay safe 👍🏼
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Afternoon walk and sales

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 Golf balls sold 156  It's back to work today and lots of walking so I passed on the gym and came home. I put on the new Bergerac on U but I have to confess I dozed through it.  I di want to get out and make the most of the good weather so it was a quick hike up Gallions path after collecting my WeWards. It was good hunting today as there were 16 balls on the path. I'm waiting to get one more Taylormade Tour Response as I have 11 and they sell fast. But it wasn't today! I came home and listed some more for sale so I can shift some stock. It's going well though and the box that holds my stock doesn't look so messy now. It's been I nice day I'm hoping to get to the gym tomorrow after work. Have fun stay safe 👍
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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 and 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.  A 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 wa...
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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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