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 What I’d like to do on my 3 days off What I’m actually going to do on my days off  from Going Gently https://ift.tt/3qw50xM

After ordering a replacement valve for our dripping kitchen tap, I noticed that Sheffield's skies were brightening. The weather prophets had obviously got it wrong.  Very soon I was in Clint's cockpit and heading out of the city. The plan was to have a short walk in that glorious December light and perhaps bag a few photographs too. Soon I was at the rock climbers' car park at Hook's Car under Stanage Edge. But this time I was heading for a less-visited rocky feature called Carrhead Rocks - across dead bracken and dormant heather. Lord knows why I had not been there before. Peepo! As I moved over the rocks I noticed three black and white beasts grazing in the rough moorland below me. They belong to a hardy breed of cattle known as Belted Galloways. When I looped back below Carrhead Rocks, they were hoofing it up to the higher level that I had just walked along. The light was lovely and I took twenty four pictures of the cattle - five of which I am pleased to sh...

 Cold bones Warm heart The chill runs up  My spine down to  The toes Dreaming Of a sauna or Turkish bath What are you dreaming of today? from R's rue https://ift.tt/2VM0RI3

I deal with grief most days  And I see how much anger often smokescreens it It feeds grief and effectively insulates it. I know the story. I’ve lived it . Covid with its rules, has compounded anger Anger in isolation, anger in blame Anger in the pure unfairness of it all And grief, in many cases has been halted and denied its natural way to go from Going Gently https://ift.tt/36RnVve

One of the cruellest conditions that any human being can face is Motor Neurone Disease. It's the very opposite of winning millions on The National Lottery. Famously, it blighted the life of genius physicist Stephen Hawking who, by the way, was very familiar with the Van der Graaf generator. Here in the north of England, rugby league is one of our favourite sports. It's hardly played Down South at all. Traditionally, it has been played by tough working class men from hardworking families. In recent decades one of the elite clubs has been Leeds RLFC and two of that club's finest former players are Kevin Sinfield and Rob Burrow. Both played for England and Great Britain and remain the best of friends. Kevin is now forty and Rob is thirty eight. However, twelve months ago it was revealed to the public that Rob was suffering from MND. He is now pretty much wheelchair bound and requires computerised voice simulation assistance to communicate. Rob Burrow, a burrowing scrum ...