I had a huge challenge at the end of this week, as we went on a three-night holiday to Northumberland, and I really wanted to stick to this low-calorie plan. We were in a static caravan with a kitchen, so I thought that it would be do-able if I planned in advance. We ended up … Continue reading Losing the Lockdown Weight – Days 5 to 8
I wasn’t actually that hungry when I woke up this morning, although I have found temptations seeping in throughout the day. Breakfast: Yogurt with Apple, Mango and Hazlenuts 170 calories or (295 calories?) I’m really confused about this one. The book said that it was 170 calories, but when I put it into the My … Continue reading Losing the Lockdown Weight – Day 2
With the country still in lockdown (level 4, they’ve now labelled it),May turned out to be pretty much April round 2. The big drop in my reading time this month had two culprits: I was teaching from home for most of the month, and we had loads of sunshine and so I spent a lot … Continue reading What I’ve been reading… May 2020
Taking on a lockdown stereotype, this week I found myself baking banana bread. I don’t really know why everybody else has been making this recently, but I found myself in possession of a deluge of ripe bananas and thought that I’d better do something with them. And sharpish - they were rather brown and mushy … Continue reading Baking… Banana Bread
As a teacher of English, I’ve always wondered whether I could actually write myself. Sure, I spend hours every week teaching pupils how to write creatively, and I know all of the theory behind it, but that’s not the same as actually doing it, and there is that old adage, “Those who can do it, … Continue reading Taking an OpenLearn writing course
Take a school trip out of the country When I returned from a school trip to Berlin, a week before the schools closed and we all went into lockdown, I was a little bit apprehensive about just what was going to await us. Berlin had been like a ghost town in many places: tube stations … Continue reading Things to do during lockdown…
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