I Tend To Avoid Sun, Swimming, Salt, Cold And Water
I was wondering today, if my lifestyle choices have been my problem all along.
As a child I spent endless hours in my bedroom playing with my Meccano, and in most of my working life I was programming alone in my office, often watching the television at the same time. Even today, living alone in East London, I spend a lot of time on my computer, with either the television or the radio in the background.
The difference now, is that I try to get some sun and even today, I’ve had an hour or so in the sun walking around the local area.
But I don’t eat much salt and I’ve never liked it. So could I be that rare person, who doesn’t get enough salt?
Paradoxically, although I’m not a sun lover, I do hate the cold and C used to complain that my office and car was too hot. This winter though, I’ve felt a bit better by deliberately keeping the temperature down to 20 °C or less inside most of the time. My gut, which is usually troublesome, has been perfect all the time.
I am trying to drink more water, but only in the form of tea, lemonade, milk or beer. But all I seem to want to do is pee it down the toilet!
So can I get decent health, by controlling my avoidances?
One conclusion, I’m coming to, is that when I was living with C, she used to drag me out for walks and probably curbed some of my excess.
So does that explain, why my health was better for all those years I was married?
Is Lack Of Sun One Of My Problems?
I don’t know, but I’ve read this article about research at Edinburgh University with a great deal of interest.
I am very pale skinned and used to burn easily in the sun, so I kept out of it for long periods of my life. Since being diagnosed as a coeliac, and going gluten-free, strangely, I’ve tended to burn less easily.
I had a very bad winter in 2010-2011 and again this one in 2012-2013. This year our lack of sun in London has been very marked. I’ve just looked atb the pictures, I took on this blog in 2011-2012 and there seems a lot more sun than this past winter. I know, it’s not very scientific.
In the last few years of her life, C and I always went away for a few weeks in January and I felt better. She would also drag me out for a walk on any day that the sun might come out.
Soon, after she died, my GP at the time, thought I might be suffering from SAD, so one of the actions I took, was to wear a thick coat and drive my Lotus with the top down. The extra sun seemed to help!
Let’s hope the sun kicks me back to life!
Checking Up On King George V
It has often been said that King George V’s last words were “Bugger Bognor”. Although, as this article says, it is probably a myth.
But today, the BBC Weather is saying that Bognor Regis is going to be the warmest place in the UK at 15°C
So as I’ve never been to Bognor Regis, I think this is a good day to see if King George V had the right thoughts about the place.
Everybody Was Happy In London Yesterday!
From the guys on the barriers at stations, and the guardian of the First Class Lounge at Paddington, to the waitresses in Carluccio’s, London was happy yesterday.
I put it down to the sun.
Window Dressing In The Sun
I took this picture yesterday at Gap in Islington.
Window Dressing In The Sun
It was very cold and perhaps a sunny window was the best place to be.
Through The City Of London Under Blue Skies
Yesterday morning, I took a 141 bus, through the City of London to London Bridge station.
Sunday mornings, and especially fine ones, are a good time to visit the City of London. At that time, you can usually get up front on a double-decker bus, to get the best pictures.
My Unused Sunhat
I took a sunhat with me and it wasn’t used.
My Unused Sunhat
It really wasn’t expected that I would have ten days holiday, with only a few minutes of strong sun.
Promenading On Deck
on the second sea day returning to Southampton, there was an hour or so of sun and I took the opportunity like many others to walk the deck.
Promenading On Deck
I suppose though in the ten days of the cruise, we probably had about three hours of sun.
The Only Sun On March 26th
I did find a bit of sun on March 26th, as we came back from Lisbon to Southampton.
The Only Sun On March 26th
But as you see it wasn’t very strong.
The Evenings Are Getting Lighter
It’s now over a month since the Winter Solstice and the evenings are noticeably lighter. I took this picture just after 15:30.
The Evenings Are Getting Lighter
The jagged building is Cromwell Tower in the Barbican, where we brought up our family.
Unfortunately, It’s still cold today, but we can now look forward rather than back.
According to this web page, in January the day gets a whopping 72 minutes longer in London.
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