food v exercise

Andy Leighton <[email hidden]>typed

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Nah it is when you have loads of equipment spread out in the Gym and you
can't touch the floor. Then it was a tag game. Very fun - I cannot
recall it being very dangerous though?

Girls seemed to fall and break their arms when we played 'pirates'...

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I agree. Though enforced route-marches - er - sorry, walks through the
countryside - when I was a nipper did nothing to inspire me that walking
was enjoyable, particularly. There's a lot to be said for how things
are approached - or maybe I was just a particularly stubbon and
determined to hate everything child ;-)

You're right in that a lot of it is to do with how thing's are approached. When
Nathan was four, we started rambling. At first it was short walks of a mile or
so round paths in the Thetford Forest. We used to make it fun by looking out
for the wildlife, fungi, various flowers etc. and we did it at Nathan's pace.
When he was almost five he did his first five-mile walk with a local Rambler's
group. We gradually increased mileages. At age seven he did the Norfolk Coastal
Path - Hunstanton to Cromer. He's also done the Fen Rivers' Way (Cambridge to
King's Lynn), the Nar Valley Walk (Gressenhall to King's Lynn) and most of the
Peddar's Way, as well as numberous other walks around most of Norfolk. We were
lucky, a local Ramblers' group, the King's Lynn Ramblers were simply excellent.
They were welcoming and really encouraged Nathan. Nathan used to love striding
off alongside Gerald, who used to lead a lot of the walks. Another favourite
was Peter, who had a wonderful sense of humour and who used to tell a fine tale
as we all walked along. The group included Nathan and made him feel as such: he
was never made to feel he was just a kid who shouldn't be there. Indeed, school
holidays were looked forward to so he could join in on the Thursaday morning
walks which inevitably ended up at a pub for lunch. Nathan saw this as a great
treat. Even during the depths of winter, when the wind was whistling in from
the North Sea, he loved to be out with the King's Lynn Ramblers.

Cycling has taken over as Nathan's favourite activity, but I have a feeling
he'll be back into Rambling when he gets older.

Cheers, helen s

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Don't forget 'mental' fitness that counts for a lot too :-)

What about mental derangement? ;-)

Cheers, helen s

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On 7/9/04 11:37 am, in article [email hidden],

dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers said:

Cycling has taken over as Nathan's favourite activity, but I have a feeling
he'll be back into Rambling when he gets older.

Isn't audax just rambling for cyclists?

<grins, ducks, runs>

...d

On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 11:05:48 +0100,

Helen Deborah Vecht said:

Andy Leighton <[email hidden]>typed

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Nah it is when you have loads of equipment spread out in the Gym and you
can't touch the floor. Then it was a tag game. Very fun - I cannot
recall it being very dangerous though?

Girls seemed to fall and break their arms when we played 'pirates'...

Well they were errr girls weren't they :-) Sorry couldn't resist.

But notice the very in my sentence. There are dangers and risks
involved in many sports and games - a few broken arms a year doesn't
seem that dangerous. Other proper sports like rugby can result in
far worse injuries. We had more broken bones result from hockey
than any other sport or game.

To bring this back to bikes - the attempt to eliminate all possible
perceived risk is why many schools do not allow pupils to bike to school.

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David Martin said:

Isn't audax just rambling for cyclists?

"Folderee, folderaaa, with panniers on my rack..." 🙂

d.

davek said:

David Martin said:

Isn't audax just rambling for cyclists?

I love to go a-cycling
with audax org uk

and as my wheels take me along
I'll sing this little song

<all together now>

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"Folderee, folderaaa, with panniers on my rack..." 🙂

Folderee, Folderaa, along the cycle track <ducks>

<runs>

...d

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d.

in message <[email hidden]>, Peter Clinch

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I think it was actually banned around the end of my school years,
early to mid 80s.

God I feel old. You were still at school in the 80s?

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Simon Brooke said:

in message <[email hidden]>, Peter Clinch
([email hidden]'😉 wrote:

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Quoted message said:

I think it was actually banned around the end of my school years,
early to mid 80s.

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God I feel old. You were still at school in the 80s?

You're almost 10 years older than me and I'm older than Pete 😉

But here we can all pretend we're <insert favourite age>

Roos

Simon Brooke said:

in message <[email hidden]>, Peter Clinch

(') said:

I think it was actually banned around the end of my school years,
early to mid 80s.

God I feel old. You were still at school in the 80s?

I was too :-) Till 1987, in fact. Then I went to 6th form college...

--

Velvet

"Peter B" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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The food at my secondary school was so appalling there was little chance

of

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anyone overeating as part of an obesity diet.
(Mind you, I managed other alternatives like going home or to the chippy

:-)

Actually on Friends Reunited there are former pupils of my old school who
miss school dinners :-(
All they need to do is visit a good restaurant, raid the bins, boil the
spoils for several hours and feed it to pigs, the bits the pigs refuse to
eat should serve their palates well :-)

Pete

"Velvet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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The 'just get
out and ride' doesn't work for me. I (usually) love it when I do, but
actually getting out there doesn't happen that willingly, and in winter
it's just very unlikely - weather, traffic, dark evenings etc - I know I
won't get the miles in that I'd need, and having already determined the
turbo is deathly boring unless I have something to work to/for *and* can
see the results totting up daily/weekly, it's too easy to get out of the
habit.

Sometimes I don't feel like riding, the thought of the first few miles on
the same old boring suburban roads can de-motivate me if I let it, however
it's rare that I don't enjoy it once out.
I find the thing with winter cycling is that after being cooped up indoors
the fresh air alone is pleasant but it will never compare to a sunny day but
OTOH the post ride hot bath with a glass of your favourite tipple is
something you can only enjoy in the winter.

Probably preaching to the choir but it's a mind thing, think positive and
think of what you've achieved so far.

Pete

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Andy Leighton <[email hidden]>typed

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Nah it is when you have loads of equipment spread out in the Gym and you
can't touch the floor. Then it was a tag game. Very fun - I cannot
recall it being very dangerous though?

Girls seemed to fall and break their arms when we played 'pirates'...

Was this at Mayflower Helen?
The food there was a lot better than Crown Hills Dunces Dump where I ended
up, seem to recall Chocolate Splodge being a firm favourite at Mayflower;-)

Rgds,
Pete

"Eatmorepies" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I hated team sports - I still don't like to depend on others - must be a
personality defect.

Defect! I don't think so ;-)
I'll go anywhere and do anything within reason alone, compared to those I've
known over the years who can't do anything without someone along for moral
support I feel free.

Pete

Juliette said:

Ugh. I hated walking and my parents were confirmed walkers.
They'd stride out along the coast paths with me tagging along
behind moaning, I still hate walking now. I don't mind "utility"
walking, but I still don't see the appeal of walking for the fun
of it.

Before my wife and I were an item, she told me that she liked walking.
After we started going out I decided to take an interest in her
favourite leisure activity, and planned a 10 mile walk across Ashdown
Forest. During the walk, I discovered that by "walking" she meant that
she enjoyed gentle strolls of no more than a couple of miles.

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Andy Leighton <[email hidden]>typed

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Nah it is when you have loads of equipment spread out in the Gym and you
can't touch the floor. Then it was a tag game. Very fun - I cannot
recall it being very dangerous though?

Girls seemed to fall and break their arms when we played 'pirates'...

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Was this at Mayflower Helen?
The food there was a lot better than Crown Hills Dunces Dump where I ended
up, seem to recall Chocolate Splodge being a firm favourite at Mayflower;-)

I didn't realise you went there! When were you there?

(Abbotsweld, Harlow 1963-4
Evington Valley 1964-5
Mayflower 1965-8
Menorah 1968-9
Orange Hill 1969-1976
Sheffield Univ Med Sch 1976-82)

No, I was thinking of Orange Hill (a now defunct Grammar ->
comprehensive, here in Edgware.)

(Coming from an Orthodox Jewish background, I didn't have Mayflower
school dinners. I either had sandwiches from home or walked/bussed back
to Stanley Road, where I'd have one or two slices of Ryvita, a few
slices of cucumber and a boiled egg. There were enough Jewish kids at
Orange Hill for us to get bussed to Stanmore Synagogue for Kosher
Dinners. I don't think chips were on the menu. Puddings with pink
custard were, though)

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Andy Leighton said:

On 6 Sep 2004 21:29:27 GMT,

Mark Thompson said:

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In PE lessons we often played pirates - now very banned

What's that then? Like British Bulldog only rougher?

Nah it is when you have loads of equipment spread out in the Gym and you
can't touch the floor. Then it was a tag game. Very fun - I cannot
recall it being very dangerous though?

Well, we had various people fall off various things from various
heights - trying to jump from teh top of the ropes to teh top of teh
wallbars was a particularly entertaining move.

I think I witnessed more injury from bulldog than from pirates.

regards, Ian SMith
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Danny Colyer said:

Before my wife and I were an item, she told me that she liked walking.
After we started going out I decided to take an interest in her
favourite leisure activity, and planned a 10 mile walk across Ashdown
Forest. During the walk, I discovered that by "walking" she meant that
she enjoyed gentle strolls of no more than a couple of miles.

And you still married her..? 🙂

Roos

Simon Mason said:

There was a simple way to win at this. Just climb a rope ladder and pull it
up so no one can get you. Then do the same for the ladder next to you.

Although you can climb one of the ropes and hand-over-hand along teh
beam they trundle out from the wall on if necesary.

regards, Ian SMith
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Simon Brooke said:

in message <[email hidden]>, Peter Clinch

(') said:

I think it was actually banned around the end of my school years,
early to mid 80s.

God I feel old. You were still at school in the 80s?

The first time I ever felt old was in a chip shop near Blackpool. During
one of those conversations you have to endure when the fish are frying I
mentioned The Beatles. The young girl serving replied "Never heard of them".

FWIW my school years ended in 1964.

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