“Have wheels – will travel”. Cycling is the third most popular recreational activity in the UK with an estimated 3.1 million people riding a bicycle each month. In the 1980’s the Mountain Bike with its sturdy frame and wide tyres for added stability and durability was introduced, and cycling surged in popularity. That was when, as an adult I became the proud owner of a bike, and I still love cycling today! Over the years I have “acquired” other friends cast off bikes, and now my garage houses enough bikes to fit my large or smaller grandchildren and visitors. We have great fun cycling and exploring the riverside area where I live.
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Enjoy the Festive Season!
Most of us love the Festive Season but many of us are tempted to enjoy it that little bit too much, and all too often come the New Year regret our over indulgence, and despair of our excess weight and that feeling of sluggishness. I’ve learnt the hard way that this can be avoided by planning ahead in order to prepare my body for those delicious festive meals, full of calories that pile on the pounds.
New Year Resolutions
With the Festive Season and its excesses well behind us it’s time to focus on New Year 2015 by looking at simple ways to help us look good and feel great. So what are your New Year Resolutions? Well, the 20th century poet and pacifist Edith Lovejoy Pierce famously said of the year ahead…. “We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.”
Be Happy, Retirement – Dream or Nightmare
Whoever you are, whatever your age the fact is that we are all getting a little bit older every day and one day may think about “retiring”. Rules of retirement changed in October 2011 when the UK’s default retirement age of 65 was finally abolished stopping employers from compulsorily retiring workers once they reached the age 65. Great news for many 65 year olds, who as a result can now continue in most forms of employment should they so chose.
Be Happy, Legs for Life
Do you have to stand for hours a day in your job (like these ladies in “Are you being served”)? Have you noticed that when your legs and feet feel tired, your whole body tends to feel tired, achy and you slow down? It’s as though your total well being is dependent on the fitness of your limbs and if your legs ache and ankles swell you may well have a tendency to varicose veins. About half the population suffers from some kind of leg problems such as tired, aching legs and about a quarter seek treatment for such conditions as varicose veins or in extreme cases a venous leg ulcer.