August 2014: Turning Over A New Leaf

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Hello RC, you remember me? Big bloke, drinks a bit, used to run some, bangs on about non-league/ women's football ...

I'm off to the Doc's tomorrow. I should have gone last week but work intervened, as it has with cruel indifference for much of the summer. There's been zero running since last I was here, in deference to the damage lurking in my knee. I have been walking every day, around 30 to 40 minutes of slightly hilly trecking across the local downs in the early mornings. I've seen a few glorious sunrises, like this one today ...

   

It's a gorgeous time of year to be out in the hills. The seasons are changing, Autumn cartwheeling her way across Summer's dignified retreat. Temperatures drop as the tall grasses wilt, a big red sun kisses mist and high cloud, the breeze becomes something more, whispering of ch-ch-ch-ch-changes ...

Galling, then, that I can't hurl my corpulence up those fabulous slopes at anything more than a wobbly shuffle.

Off the trails I'm gearing up for my last beery session of the season. My company, EFI Logistics, is sponsoring Wednesday night's Lewes FC match, a Ryman Premier league clash with VCD Athletic. EFI recently turned 25. Bruce Springsteen is 65 today and the club is 129, also today, so we all thought it might be cool to sponsor this week's match and get some punters along for burgers and beers in the new Corporate Beach Huts, recently visited by our own Grand Fromage. It should be a hoot. Three points would be icing on the cake, but as we found out against the Stones on Saturday, you can't always get what you want.