Alan Jenney

Owner of gardening business Heritage Horticulture - @HHorticulture - Domestic Garden Maintenance and Improvement

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Got up relatively early to beat the sun getting high and so avoid the heat of the day. Ten miles on local roads. Still very sweaty and harder going, but that is the dregs of the fatigue that has been plaguing me since just before the first heatwave. I have not ridden in weeks.

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It continues to be too hot to do basic chores, such as ironing, indoors for most of the day, so after a cycle ride first thing I used the shade of the house to "let off more steam".

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@qikipedia Its alarm call is unremarkable, but its flight call is unmistakeable.

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@qikipedia As any sniper knows, being relaxed, limber and with steady breathing makes for more accurate targeting.

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@qikipedia A fine suggestion until you come to tackle the dog-sized cow pats. Nothing is going to stop them reaching the floor.

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@qikipedia A study showed very specifically...

Those born between 1965 and 1974 display higher biological age* than those born between 1950 and 1954.

Participants born between 1990 and 1999 showed biological ageing* greater than those born between 1965 and 1969.

*At a cellular level.

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@eden4peace @qikipedia Your wish is granted.

https://t.co/viOmc29ipC

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@gosulli @qikipedia "LARICULATED, from 'larine', meaning seagull-like (genus Larus)", he coined. Although "gull-mugged" works just as well.

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A route I did in early 2020, a loop from Derbyshire Bridge over the top to Buxton, over the top to Dove Holes, over the top to Chapel-en-le-Frith, over the top past Windgather Rocks and Pym Chair to Goyt Valley and back. Faster than last time by some margin.

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@qikipedia They go bouncy, bouncy, bouncy... and so do Tiggers.

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A twenty-three mile figure-of-eight heading to Marple along the Macclesfield Canal, across town to the start of the Middlewood Way, along that before rejoining another section of the Macclesfield Canal to Macclesfield, across town to the other end of the Middlewood Way, then back

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Only an absolute downpour stops play. Although some tasks cannot be done in heavy rain, picking the timing and work within a job means I have got a lot done despite the odd deluge. And at the end of the visit, I care less about being soaked through.

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These cycling outfits are getting more like superhero costumes every day.

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A 22 mile cycle ride from the Snake Pass, up around the farthest part of the Upper Derwent reservoirs, down around past the lower Ladybower reservoir dam and completing the circuit mostly on the access roads and tracks. Brighter and sunnier than forecast, I sweated the climbs.

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Sweating out the grime from a hot day gardening. Kept the pace up on local roads, my usual haunts.

It seems that my fatigue problem is ebbing away. Other issues remain...

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Cycled the High Peak Trail (twice), including the three steep descents to High Peak Junction and the punishing climb back up again, all the way to the other end gaining 1000 feet in elevation - and back. Thirty-five miles. Lovely day for it.

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@Number10cat Any Caturday to share?

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... I still take a couple of jackets in case of a breakdown. The climbs mean that this was far enough for a morning out and deep breathing really clears out the lungs. (3/3)

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A trip out to Rudyard Lake, up out of the valley and over the tops with views of Cheshire, a speedy drop down to Tittesworth Reservoir, then up the other side to run parallel to The Roaches with a second 30mph descent back to Tittesworth, (1/2)

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... more climbs (no stopping) to get back over to Rudyard and ride flat alongside the miniature railway.

I went early to avoid the forecast rain which did not materialise. It was about 7—8C, but I am hardened up from gardening in cool conditions... (2/3)