Among the traditions that ended with our move to Suffolk was my personal training with Des Gough. For over 20 years he had carefully crafted and maintained my late, mid-life physical being in support of cycling while also ensuring that I didn’t only work my legs!

COVID lockdown hit 3 weeks after we moved up here so all the gyms closed and personal training was not possible. Our erratic 3 Mb/sec internet precluded meaningful remote classes so exercise was down to walking the dog (3.5 miles per day) and cycling (tough one….).

As things opened up I did a kayaking course, swam regularly, and after playing more Padel Tennis (a cross between squash and tennis) at Club La Santa, Sue and I joined the Heywood Club in Diss which has 2 Padel courts. I joined the squash league but having not played for a few years that’s a slow start, but it also has a gym through which I met Amy Bobbins with whom I have started personal training.

The aim is that between cycling, walking the dogs, swimming, kayaking, gym training, padel, squash, and Pilates I will live for ever………