First exercise for 7 weeks

After coffee with my Pilates friends I had a nice session with the female fitness coach in the gym. She is very experienced at dealing with people who have had injuries/ operations etc so I thought it a good idea to get her advice. She reinforced what my physio has said, gave me a few additional exercises and watched me on the exercise bike to check it was a good idea. Clearly after 7 weeks I took it easy but I can build up from this baseline! I plan to go again later in the week to do a longer ‘ride’ and can always listen to an audio book/ podcast of there is nothing suitable to watch on the TV channels.

This afternoon we picked up the grandchildren from school and as their bikes are now a bit small we took them to our local bike shop to see what size they need now. The staff were very helpful and I now know what sizes they need next…..about £350 for new so I will be looking at secondhand first!

The book they were reading, from the school reading scheme, was about a female engineer in a car factory and the story was about a car crashing….with a dummy inside to test the air bags. They fully understood this…such a different context to the books I remember reading at five, or even those my children read!