Venice - wow 🤩 I still can’t believe I’m really here!

It’s not lost on me that not only am I missing #Parkrunday but the rugby too 🏉… ironic I’m here in 🇮🇹 too! Good luck lads #SixNationsRugby Variety is the spice of life 🙌😎

Good morning all 🇮🇹 Looking East, the view from my Juliet balcony on the 9th (top) floor about 20 mins after sunrise. Adventures/exploration awaits. Sitting drinking @yorkshiretea.bsky.social listening to bells tolling close by. #HappyDays Forcast is good: sunshine & a pleasant 15 degrees 😎

A tiring day but easy trip 🇮🇹 The airport/flight & bus ran like clockwork. A clean,comfortable,well appointed,welcoming Aparthotel-a perfect base.A 5 min walk from both a supermarket & well priced restaurant for a tasty dinner with my 4 travelling companions. Excited for tomorrow but now for bed 🛌

PSA 📣 make yourselves familiar with the 10 year passport rule. Airlines are eager to alert you to the 3 month post return flight rule but not this one. 5 gents on my flight earlier coming out for the rugby became 4 when one of them was turned away at the gate. #SavvyTraveller

Early river stroll. A writhing twisting, shape shifting mass of golden light hovers over the fast flowing water. Bird song fills the air. Song thrush and mistle thrush compete for the best note. Frost on the riverbank glitters in the morning light. A morning full of joy.

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A little wander round the hotel car park for some fresh air and a leg stretch first thing. I’ve not flown in so long - rather exited. There are bushes and tress aplenty laden with signs of spring #Spring #Grounded #Nature

This day March 6th (2000) The Essex Records Office opened its doors to the public at its new location in Wharf Road, Chelmsford.

Good morning from Essex, briefly back in my homeland for the night. Today’s entry for #TreeClub from right outside the hotel with added plane ✈️ The car park is pleasingly full of shrubs and bushes bordered by trees all laden with catkins & berries. @gwtreelover.bsky.social @treeside.bsky.social

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The two eggs and their attentive parents

So at 0901hrs a thing happened! Good job I was poised ready as it sold out very very quickly! #RunNorwich #BlueskyRunners #RebelliousHope

I took a slightly longer route to the airport to have lunch & lovely catch up with a friend who’s currently off work after a nasty slip,it’s going to be a long road & uncertain recovery. Now safely at my hotel for the night 🛌 Irritatingly I can hear the planes but my room is out the back 🙄😆

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That’s it - finally, the last 2 months have been a relentless slog. Laptop & phone off, OOO on - I’m done for 6 days 🥳 Time to pack my bags ✈️ 🎒 📷 🥾 🚌 🚊 I’ve not flown in nearly 2 years - must pack light! #AnnualLeave #GiveMeABreak

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This evening was the last event in the Norfolk Coast Protected Landscapes Dark Skies festival. We took a Moonlit stroll around a local wood. It was lovely. We heard owls 🦉 enjoyed the moon & stars. The tree canopy was just beautiful @gwtreelover.bsky.social @treeside.bsky.social #Trees

It’s so freeing to be back out in shorts & t-shirt in daylight 😎 Just finished week 1 of a therapist led exercise programme so my body is expectedly tired so am happy with this - no idea how I pulled a nearly 10min mile out the bag 😆 no wonder the rest felt tough. #RebelliousHope #BlueskyRunning

I love a pencil ✏️ always have one to hand. Having spent many hours in records offices researching my family tree only pencils are allowed anyway.

So we have a new culture emerging at work billed as “lunch & learn” where we are invited to CPD’s! I’m not paid for lunch breaks, this is my time to take 30mins away from my desk eat & relax. It’s yet another ploy to get more and more out of folk already stretched to breaking point! 😡 #Welfare

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Any excuse for cake 🍰🧁 Finish token duty this morning for my 50th #Volunteer stint at #Parkrun. 48 of these here at home in the past 4.5 years, average about 1 a month. Parkrun relies on volunteers so I’m happy to pay it back🥰Lovely folk & a nice way to spend a couple of hours on a Saturday morning🤩

Just this …

The importance of dead trees.

An early dinner & overdue catch up with a good friend followed by an enjoyable & interesting evening with two lovely gents who are always a pleasure to listen to 😊 @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social #NWTNorfolk

Funny old week one way and another but all good. Day off today & luckily found a quieter time in the pool to plough out 1/2 mile 🏊‍♀️ really enjoyed that 💪 #RebelliousHope Randomly bumped into my sister from another mother in the pool.I didn’t recognise her at first 🤣🤣…she had a swim cap & goggles on 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Perfect weather great to be back in daylight & shorts,no hi-vis or head torch required & so many routes now available.My head wanted it but my body had other ideas-not sure how I got that far 🤷🏻‍♀️Worst run ever,I guess that’s the way it goes.The sea was like a millpond. #RebelliousHope #BlueskyRunning

Thinking of giving the carnivore diet another crack (to address my apparent bloating and air hunger). Any runners out there successful with it, in the past I've loved the simplicity of it as well as the mental clarity. But never consistently ran while doing it. #runchat #running

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@barnowltrust.bsky.social 👋🏻 didn’t realise you were here 😊 🦉

An enjoyable day working in the city … it’s a lovely train journey to Norwich. Heading for platform 5a and East Midlands Railway meets Greater Anglia … mainly taken for my train follower chums including @thattallbloke.bsky.social #Trains

Patience rewarded.A Barn Owl🦉had been sighted the past couple of afternoons @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social NWT Cley Marshes taking advantage of nice weather to hunt. As I stood on West Bank looking West, I had fantastic views 🥰 @btoengland.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social

Sunset over Sheringham this evening - I’ve forgottten the last time I saw a decent sunset. It’s been a mild, sunny breezy day & with the evenings drawing out it was lovely to get out #CoastLife #Sunset @chrispage90.bsky.social @chrisdoward.bsky.social @skycalpro.com

Food for the head, heart & soul & maybe a scone too. A fine, warm albeit breezy but DRY day @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social NWT Cley so nice to go for a stroll ☀️ 🥾 Best scones on the NN coast IMHO - today I opted for a warmed cheese one with cream cheese & chutney freshly baked this morning 11/10 ⭐️

A Ruby Tiger (I believe) caterpillar on the boardwalk to central hides @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social NWT Cley this afternoon. Pretty common I believe but nice to see. #Moths @norfolknats.bsky.social @norfolkmoths.bsky.social @birdbeard.bsky.social

Rain again 😫 this morning, I couldn’t face the worsening mud 🙄 at nearby #Parkrun so I opted for a treadmill session pushing myself a bit then straight in the pool 🏊 & relax in the steam room 😁 #RebelliousHope #BlueskyRunning I forget about the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏉 game but had an enjoyable afternoon volunteering 😊

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Slightly warmer today but still rainy 🌧️ 😣 After a productive morning getting the chores done I took a trip to Cromer for a bimble round & a stroll along the prom. My legs didn’t much like revisiting some of the slopes from last night 🏃‍♀️ #CoastLife #VitaminSea @chrisdoward.bsky.social

Cromer in the rain this afternoon… couldn’t resist this #FingerpostFriday frenzy … one of them typically Norfolk and “on the huh” #CoastLife

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Club group run,dry start became heavy drizzle🌧️So glad I went,really enjoyed it,Jim’s runs are apparently legendary,circa a mile longer than expected,he seems to make it up in the hoof😆lots of hills,slopes & inclines⛰️Regular pauses to keep the group together & I wasn’t always last #RebelliousHope 🤩

3 day week successfully navigated despite the best efforts of a few curveballs today … they always come at once 💪🏼 Long weekend, time to grab a bite to eat then a run. 🏃‍♀️ My home office smells amazing 🤩 🌼 #WinningAtLife