You may remember that my coach for my Woodlarks walk was 75 year old Fleet Street legend Brian Basham who himself completed the London marathon last year. My coach was in town yesterday and we met up for lunch. Uh Oh!
Both as a journalist and a PR man, Basham was at the top of his game. His contacts are just amazing. And as such he is an entertaining chap and we talked happily in central Bristol. But being old style Fleet Street it was over wine and then brandy. This is one reason that I do not go to London as there are others, like Brian, who can lead me astray. I remember my days of old style Fleet Street excess all too well but am too old, and too diabetic, to allow myself to go back.
These days I am imbibing well under five units a week. This week’s ration and some was consumed over lunch. I made it home and after a long shower was able to walk to pick up Joshua from nursery but there was no question of trying to go to the gym. I shall make amends today because I have stuck, fairly strictly, to my new regime of working out every other day. Either it is 30 minutes on the treadmill or the same time on the exercise bike doing 10 or 11 miles.
I cannot say that I am losing much weight and I need to up my game for Brian has agreed to join me on the Woodlarks walk next year, May 25 2019. That makes five confirmed for the full 33 miles (myself, Dan Levi, Lucian Miers, Andrew Bell and coach Basham) with one other – who is even older than Brian – joining us for the last six. And others, including Andrew Monk, are considering it. Should you wish to join us just drop me an email.