Keys Corner

Elderly men, who walked less than 1/4 mile per day were found to be nearly twice as likely to develop dementia as those who managed two miles a day, an article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association reports today.

As a reasonable amount of exercise (say 1/2 hr per day) also helps keep your blood values in order (sugar, fats) and is supposed to ensure that you are less likely to develop cancer or coronary disease, (for more on the benefits of healthy living, see also this item on the BBC web site), I guess there is nothing for it, but to brave the elements (it is pouring outside) this evening. On the way out, I can look at our freshly renovated pond, which is now threatening to overflow any minute into the next door neighbour’s garden because the overflow pipe has suddenly blocked. The weather forecast is for more rain in the next 24 hrs. We have ordered a visit from the local drain-clearing specialists tomorrow morning.

Memo to self – never buy a pond with the house ever, ever, again… In fact, never again buy a pond, with or without house.

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