Fitness

Jogging with Joseph Pearce in Leith

Jogging with Joseph Pearce in Leith

Joseph Pearce’s bar is a charming Victorian cafe-bar with Russian beer on tap and candles on every table. It is part of a chain owned by the Christophersons – a Swedish couple who have been buying up traditional pubs in the Leith area of Edinburgh. Every Tuesday at 7pm, a small group of joggers leave [...]

Rosslyn / Roslin Glen

Rosslyn / Roslin Glen

Some of you might have already read about our visit to Rosslyn Chapel. After seeing that and becoming totally superstitious, I bought a friend’s story about Rosslyn Glen being haunted and really easy to get lost in. She described a walk with her Mother where they kept following false path and felt really freaked out, [...]

Dawn in Edinburgh

Dawn in Edinburgh

What do you do when you can’t sleep? The official health sites tell you to do something relaxing like reading a book. However, the other day I woke up after four hours sleep and so did Rob. We were both bolt awake with no prospect of drifting off again. I can’t complain about it – [...]

British Military Fitness: A Review

British Military Fitness: A Review

If  I told you I was going to run around the local park, wearing a bib, being shouted at by a bloke in his 30′s, you might think I’d gone back to school for a P.E. lesson. But this is what hundreds of people do several times a week due the ingenius business plan of [...]