I’ve found the simplest way to stay healthy is to keep breathing. I tried stopping once. Not a pleasant experience.
Two other great tips for keeping healthy are to eat plenty of food and wash it down with lots of liquids. preferably of the alcoholic variety.
My current city of residence is Portsmouth, or as it is known to locals, Pompey. Pompey should not be confused with the Roman town of Pompeii
Pompey is home to The Royal Navy who have played a significant role in world history both ancient and modern. Here, in the middle of an active naval port, you can visit Nelson’s flagship HMS Victory, Britain’s first iron-hulled, armoured warship HMS Warrior and Henry VIIIs Tudor warship The Mary Rose. Up on Portsdown Hill you can visit Fort Nelson, part of the Royal Armouries group of museums. Fort Nelson claims to be the loudest museum in the UK as they have live firings every day. Possibly the best thing about the fort is that admission is free. Just a short trip across the Solent is the Isle of Wight where Queen Victoria had her splendid retreat, Osbourne House. While many folks head to London for their quick historical fix, they miss out on one of the many other treasures that the UK has to offer. Pompey is just 60 miles away from the capital. A short ride by train or coach
Feeling quite pleased with myself today. I spent most of yesterday working in the garden so the view is looking very tidy. Its amazing what a difference mowing the lawn makes. Seems to make the garden bigger. Now I can start to work on pots and tubs, trimming the shrubs and cutting back the brambles and nettles which always try to take over every year. Sadly there was a casualty of my efforts yesterday.
I knocked over the bird table and its looking a bit sorry for itself. I think its repairable, we’ll see. I’m also going to have to take a look at the feet of our table too. Seems the years haven’t been too kind. The bottom of one set of feet have rotted out. Looks like I have to re-awaken my woodworking skills.
Will be heading down to the doctors later today. My wife is suffering from what we believe to be flu. Has the cough and voice of someone who smokes sixty a day. Says she feels like she has gone several rounds with Mike Tyson and then been mugged. That would be the muscle ache from all the coughing. She saw the doctor on Thursday but all they prescribed was a nasal spray to relive the congestion. Said her chest was clear. Not so sure now, judging by the death rattle when she is trying to sleep.
Have already spoken to the out of hours medics who recommended we wait till 09:00 when our own surgery will have someone on duty.
Don’t you just love the NHS
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