Monthly Archives: June 2012

Tour de Farce, maybe, but we’ll Pedal for Scotland

Cycling was never my thing as a kid. I enjoyed it enough dodging about on the streets with friends, steering between the shards of broken glass that inevitably littered the bleak, concrete housing scheme where I grew up. But they … Continue reading

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Some scumbag stole my bike from the tenement close

My bike got tanned. I got home, as usual, and walked up the stairs to the flat. It wasn’t until I got to the landing just below home, and found my way blocked by one of the massive full length … Continue reading

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Father’s Day

Dressed in rumpled jeans and a monster faced hoodie pulled up over his light brown locks of hair, my son came bounding into the kitchen this morning sending poor Oz, our dog, scampering for cover. His eyes were beaming, sharing … Continue reading

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How Much Weight Can I Lose in Five Weeks?

I’ve been a large man since I was in my mid-20s, and for all except a year in 2005/6 when I lost lots of weight, I have been pretty large indeed. There are times when you just get on with … Continue reading

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Do you still have that weight loss blog?

Over the last few weeks a few people have asked me if Two Fat Laddies is still going. I’ve asked myself the same question. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet … Continue reading

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Mister Motivator. Is that the missing link?

I think it’s psychological. It must be. Every time I pay to join a gym I go once or twice then drift away. Over the years this has included Greens, Esporta, LivingWell, LA Fitness and a few council run ones … Continue reading

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Four months to a four hour marathon? Hmmmm.

I’ve just finished a book called Four Months to a Four Hour Marathon. Appropriate as that’s pretty much all the time I have left before Amsterdam. By now I should be absolutely flying, and had hoped to have one and … Continue reading

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