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Parkour: Being Useful

17th October 2013

I’ve recently read the (out-of-copyright) translation of David Belle’s book about parkour. It’s definitely worth a read – tells you more about parkour, in a way, but also isn’t about physical parkour and is more a discussion of his life and life philosophy, meaning that even if you don’t care for parkour it’s still very […]

Life Philosophy

Our way is the old way

14th October 2013

I just executed a cockroach. The kitchen we’ve got has a cockroach infestation, but we can’t do much about it because the cupboard they’re in is locked shut and inaccessible. As I came home today, I saw one on the floor. I knew I had to kill it, but I’m not a fan of bugs […]

Exercise/Health/Food

I’m a chocolate snob – and you should be too!

13th October 2013

Over the last five years, the amount of chocolate I eat has been decreasing. Yet I actually enjoy chocolate more than ever. Here’s my thoughts, shared in the hope that they can improve your quality of life slightly, as well as help you to enjoy chocolate more… Five and a half years ago, I gave […]

Travel Blogs

Count your blessings – laundry!

13th October 2013

We’re always told to count our blessings – the idea that there is so much we take for granted and ought be grateful for that we forget about. In general in Western society we have a lot, yet we’re unable to be happy with it. I’m not going to delve into the philosophy behind that; […]

Parkour

Parkour Video

3rd October 2013

Parkour Video Blog Post I made a parkour video – see <http://youtu.be/PFKiiWrC3iE> – and this blog post is to go with it. I’ve been doing parkour for a bit over three years, I think, though never training particularly intensely for it it’s been the sort of training I’ve been doing. I also started up a […]

Travel Blogs

Adventure Part Two: Vienna

27th September 2013

P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; } Travel Blog II: Vienna Following a weekend in Venice (see previous two posts) I went to Vienna for three nights (two whole days). This is the only part of my adventure where I’m actually on my own – in Venice I was hosted and there was an event, and in […]

Travel Blogs

Venice Adventure (Travel Blog I)

24th September 2013

P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; } My adventure has begun! As I write this ( published the following morning from the hostel wifi ) I’m on a train to Vienna, having travelled by coach from Venice into Austria this morning. Austrian trains are great, but more on that another time I think. I offer a slight […]

Exercise/Health/Food

Journey to the End of the Night

24th September 2013

This was the event which drew me to Venice, and without it I don’t think I would’ve bothered with the trip. It was called ‘Journey to the end of the Night’: there was a 10km route around Venice with six checkpoints to go through, the aim obviously being to make it to the end but […]

Miscellaneous

First Post

9th September 2013

This is the first post to the blog (see more on the ‘About’ page if you want an introduction) and I wasn’t sure what to put in it. I realised I was going to have to share it on facebook and thought about putting an apology in it that I was going to spam people, […]