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Gavin’s journal

Big lad, bad knees, very slowly getting back to the hills.

46 entries from 17 Jul 2024 to 21 May 2026 · Dundee, UK

  • Reduced

    Thursday 21 May 2026week 97content energy 14 replies

    Nothing happened again. I am aware that is now the fourth month running I have written that, and I have decided it is the best sentence in this journal. Steady, hillwalking…

  • Not a number

    Wednesday 5 Nov 2025week 69delighted energy 24 replies

    Wrote it in the milestones page as well, which I would have found embarrassing a year ago. Munro. First in nine years. The entry is mostly about the weather. Not a number. A…

  • Slept through

    Friday 18 Jul 2025week 53rested energy 33 replies

    Short one tonight. The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. CPAP off after a repeat study. He wrote four…

  • Laces

    Thursday 17 Apr 2025week 40grateful energy 41 reply

    Late, and writing anyway. Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the landing. I stood at the top for a second like an idiot. Nobody saw. It counted. Walked up…

  • Quiet

    Wednesday 2 Apr 2025week 38flat energy 43 replies

    A quiet week. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Steady. That is the whole entry. Cheers.

  • Somebody new

    Monday 24 Mar 2025week 37warm energy 44 replies

    Short one tonight. Somebody new tonight, terrified, exactly where I was in the spring. I said the thing that had been said to me and watched it land. The facilitator stopped…

  • Protein first

    Tuesday 18 Mar 2025week 36steady energy 53 replies

    Short one tonight. I have found five things I can get down when nothing appeals and I have written them on the fridge. That list is the most useful thing I own. Was…

  • Awake at four

    Tuesday 11 Mar 2025week 35foggy energy 34 replies

    Late, and writing anyway. The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Repeat study came back and the apnoea…

  • Sunday night, four lines

    Thursday 6 Mar 2025week 34held energy 24 replies

    Late, and writing anyway. She had a bad week and I had a fine one, and next month it will be the other way round. That is the whole mechanism. My buddy noticed something in…

  • Steady

    Friday 28 Feb 2025week 33steady energy 41 reply

    Steady. That is the whole entry. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Cheers.

  • Dreams

    Sunday 23 Feb 2025week 32tired energy 24 replies

    Short one tonight. The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Repeat study came back and the apnoea is…

  • Quiet

    Saturday 15 Feb 2025week 31steady energy 31 reply

    A quiet week. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Steady. That is the whole entry. Cheers.

  • No mask

    Sunday 9 Feb 2025week 30tired energy 34 replies

    The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Repeat study came back and the apnoea is much reduced. Ten…

  • Paired

    Saturday 1 Feb 2025week 29held energy 54 replies

    Late, and writing anyway. My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question about it. She had a bad week and I had a fine one, and…

  • My mother cooks

    Saturday 25 Jan 2025week 28loved energy 41 reply

    Late, and writing anyway. Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. My mother cooks. That is how she says it. So I eat what I can,…

  • Eight minutes and a chair

    Thursday 16 Jan 2025week 27steady energy 33 replies

    Came back after a bad fortnight without trying to make up the lost ground, which is the thing that used to end it for me every time. Eight minutes and a chair. That is the…

  • Fewer, heavier

    Sunday 12 Jan 2025week 26steady energy 53 replies

    A quiet week. Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and Friday. I have done it for eleven weeks. Started with a chair and a resistance band because…

  • Starters as a main

    Friday 10 Jan 2025week 26warm energy 11 reply

    Short one tonight. Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. My mother cooks. That is how she says it. So I eat what I can, slowly, and…

  • A different shape

    Saturday 4 Jan 2025week 25tired energy 4

    Late, and writing anyway. The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Repeat study came back and the apnoea…

  • She stopped the room

    Friday 27 Dec 2024week 24warm energy 54 replies

    Late, and writing anyway. Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which I gather is what everybody does. Somebody new tonight, terrified, exactly where I…