Well,
the inevitable has happened and we've seen a spike in COVID-19 cases.
That means a return to lockdown until... who knows. We thought a
month last time; it turned out to be 4. This time, specific areas-
including my hometown of Oldham- have received orders to stay at home, not the whole country. Plus, the gym appears to still be
open.
Between
March and July, I read a splurge of books. I still have this pile to
read, which has been in existence in one shape or another for nearly
a decade now:
It's
time to focus on reading again, but with a twist- I've put two
seemingly unconnected challenges together before, with attempts to do
the splits whilst reading. This somewhat unusual combination of
targets I conjoined in a vain attempt to regain the flexibility I had
in my 20s. (I've just turned 38.) Most recently (2018) I did this
with the aid of Robb, an ointment good for warming muscles.
For
some years now I've had a bottle of Thai oil, an ointment mostly used
in Thailand to increase circulation and prevent bruising. I've been meaning to use that
for practising the splits. So- let's see what happens while I try
this during Oldham's lockdown. A quick measurement between the ankles
shows 1m 42, a long way off my 1m 65 record. We don't know when this
local lockdown will be lifted, but I'm not expecting it to be any
time soon.
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