May, 2008

Twice around the Common

Today I went for a run on Clapham Common. I ran on the Common last weekend, but I hadn’t run outside since I sprained my ankle. I have been spending a fair bit of time on the treadmill at the gym, though, and I’ve been using the heart rate monitor David gave me [...]

We’re doing it again!

As you may or may not remember, last year Joanne and I ran the Tree-athlon 5k. You may also remember that before we ran the 5k, we begged you for money.
Well, we’re doing it again. Last year, we set a goal of £200 (later updated it to £250). We eventually raised [...]

Almost compost

Joanne and I went to Clapham Farmers’ Market and bought some plants — mostly lettuce, some flowers and a funky shrub. We spent much of the afternoon in the garden repotting most of the plants and planting seeds.
The most exciting part about this afternoon was that we got to use the compost we’ve been [...]

Classic blogging

I came home to find a message from Tim on facebook. He asked if I’d heard about Penguin’s Blog a Penguin Classic program. I hadn’t. I have now, though, and I’m pretty excited about it.
You go to the site and fill in your details. They choose a book randomly and send [...]