Life is a curious thing. As humans we spend a lot of time running around in circles, not really getting to the heart of the matter. Just missing the point, only just. We say happiness is the most important thing, yet don’t really know how to be happy. I mean truly happy, always happy, constantly […]
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Some people been asking. They say what I’m offering on this free trial programme that I need volunteers for seems too good to be true. And it would appear so, on the surface yes – it does appear that this is too good to be true. But what if it wasn’t? What if it delivered
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Classic line from Top Gun. “Your ego’s writing cheques your body can’t cash” We used to say that to each other all the time with mock seriousness. A great reminder too. Went kayaking a few weeks ago (dam release), and there was a friend of a friend who came along. Nice guy, but he loved
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(Photo: Catherine Opie/NY Times) Diana Nyad has her autobiography out very soon. If you’ve never heard of her, I’m not surprised. At 64 she is the only person to ever swim the 110 miles from Cuba to Florida. That’s more than 5 times the Channel. 53 hours without sleeping or stopping. But where the Channel
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I was in town yesterday and saw a young lady with the Red Bull logo tattooed on the base of her neck. Huge, it was. I know it gives you wings, and is all about pushing the boundaries and being extreme and all that but isn’t doing that like getting Coca Cola tattooed on you?
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There was a comment raising this very question on the good old Facebook, where I have been telling all and sundry about this FREE mental fitness trial for outdoor fellows … All ye who love getting out and about, maybe in a boat, maybe on wheels, maybe on some kind of slidey planks, maybe just
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Your life is your life. You alone can live it. You alone know how to live it. No one else can tell you how – I certainly can’t. I can try and support you in living the life you want.
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The reason I started working on “mental fitness” was because of the outdoors. Being out on a river or up a mountain gave me the ability to be completely present. I could taste the sense of presence, of flow and the zone, leaving the humdrum behind. With my friends, laughing and shouting, focused and dedicated,
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So the wife and I are on holiday – wandering around Nice, France – and we came across an old mosaic – two dolphins with soldiers on their backs. If that’s not badass I don’t know what is. Riding your personal dolphin into battle would be quite something. And I know I’d run a mile
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I’m in Nice, France of all places. My wife’s brother lives here so we’re paying him a little visit. It’s a world apart from the mean streets of the Yorkshire Dales where I live. But I’ll cope. Just sitting in the sun waiting for the coffee to be ready. Nice way to start a morning,
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