Classic Sunday training session

We are managing to keep our triathlon training going and hold our spirits high at the same time. It is not a time to fall apart, but a time to remind ourselves just how strong we can be if push comes to shove….. Which it has by the way.

I say that in the light of the fact that whilst I was getting out of the bath just now, I heard that police were called to break up house party with 25 guests, I didn’t catch where they said it was but obviously not very nice people, who I can only think are too stupid for words. It is not possible now, not to have grasped the seriousness of the present situation worldwide. Twenty five people who couldn’t care less how many people they infect or even in time, kill.

This morning we wanted to start at 8.30 am giving our neighbours an extra hour in the sack in case by chance they had not put their clocks forward an hour to summer time. It was Sunday into the bargain.

Both side of our little home the neighbours have enough problems. On the one side the curtains have been pulled in the bedroom for a couple of weeks. They are a youngish couple with a boy of seven. There has been a lot of coughing going on from the lady of the house. Her husband taking care of her and their little boy. An ambulance crew were called a couple of days ago but they left with just their equipment cleaning it all down before stowing it in the ambulance.

On the other side of our house a younger couple who married about a year ago live. The woman who is a hairdresser with her own salon closed that about a week ago. She is pregnant and the baby is due in a couple of weeks in mid April. What unfortunate timing. What a memory of the infants birth, when friends and relatives will be unable to visit. They are always very polite when I have seen them up until now, speaking to me as they would their grandmother, most respectfully. What a world to bring a baby into.

So as I say we did not start our training too early so that our movements did not disturb either woman. We began quietly with two Tai Chi sessions watched from You Tube. Then a stretching session. After that we took coffee before going up to our Turbo ( box) room. Since it is Sunday we chose to do a less noisy session. We have taken to doing this of late out of consideration, but still getting our legs doing some easy spinning for a couple of hours. So what we have started doing is watching one of the many old DVDs we have on our spare room shelves.

Today I chose, The Royal Hunt of the Sun. I am familiar with the Peter Shaffer play since I have always been a theatre fan and had seen it as a play years ago and then I had also been to see the movie that we were watching today when it was first in the cinema. Christopher Plummer Stars in it looking years younger that Captain von Trapp! Robert Shaw was the other main character. My husband had not seen it before and, old as this film was he thoroughly enjoyed all of the 115 minutes of it. We are very much enjoying this part of our home stay. Some great examining of peoples deeply held beliefs as well as more than a hint of the deepest love between the two main male characters. Marvellous play.

Our little minx of a cat bird watching, she didn't like the movie at all, no romance or mice.