Category Archives: Health and humour

Trek tech: technology and mountain walking

Posted on December 18, 2013 by BarryH

I’m no techno-geek but nor am I a Luddite. Decades ago in the office where I worked, I was one of the first to embrace word processing, the first below director level to have a corporate e-mail address and correspond … Continue reading →

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Easter in Greece: the joys of time travel

Posted on April 11, 2013 by BarryH

We had the last overnight frost Sunday-Monday but temperatures are still stuck in single figures.  Wednesday evening we settled into a grey, wet weather pattern again.  Dismal! Not surprising therefore that my thoughts are increasingly turning to the summer’s activities … Continue reading →

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Whistler-Blackcomb: snow and skiing

Posted on February 6, 2013 by BarryH

OK, so I’ve been skiing now for 3 weeks and apart from a brief gripe about snowboarders there has been virtually no evidence on the blog that I have done any skiing.  Time to correct that. But first a brief … Continue reading →

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Confessions of an inadequate skier

Posted on January 18, 2013 by BarryH

And so to the skiing.  Up at the Crack of Doom on Monday morning (05.30) in order to make an 06.30 start for the 2 hour journey from Calgary on the Trans Canada Highway westward past Banff and then to … Continue reading →

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November Daily Blog 29: problem solving and the subconscious

Posted on November 29, 2012 by BarryH

I don’t suffer from insomnia.  I gave up on having ‘a good 8 hours sleep’ very many years ago.  Instead I stay up until I’m tired and then go to bed with the result that I drop off instantly.   I … Continue reading →

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November Daily Blog 23: Exploration and discovery, a new twist.

Posted on November 23, 2012 by BarryH

We rightly admire the explorers of old who sailed off the edge of the flat earth to discover what lay beyond.  Long before the giants of the Age of Exploration such as Cortes, Pizarro, Columbus, Magellan, da Gama, Drake, Raleigh, … Continue reading →

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November Daily Blog 22: Advertising, pseudo science and manipulation

Posted on November 22, 2012 by BarryH

More than half a century ago our forward looking English teacher in school included in the curriculum a series of lessons on advertising techniques.  I have forgotten much about grammatical construction and the poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson but I … Continue reading →

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November Daily Blog 19: knees, lifestyle choices, mental well-being

Posted on November 19, 2012 by BarryH

Walking in the weekend sunshine was very enjoyable but by the time I dropped back down the ridge to the house on Sunday afternoon I was struggling with my damaged knee ligament and knew I had done it no favours.  … Continue reading →

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Health, fitness and Welsh Poo Sticks

Posted on March 13, 2012 by BarryH

I’ve been thinking about health and fitness recently.  I long ago concluded that if every time I had some minor ache or pain I stopped exercising I would soon end up doing very little.  Instead I adjust what I do … Continue reading →

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