Health and Fitness
Information and resources for leading a healthy, active lifestyle!
How to get a fast, informative Health Check
I turned 45 recently, so was looking forward to getting a comprehensive health-check done via my NHS GP surgery. COVID-19 restrictions put paid to that, however, and as of July 2020 there is no idea about when these tests will be up and running ... (more)
£50 bike voucher scheme launched in England!
The UK Government has launched a "Fix Your Bike" voucher scheme for England residents. The voucher can be used by anyone who has an unused bicycle in need of a repair. There are two vouchers maximum allowed per household, but the Government ... (more)
A Social Feed
This is a feed of everything I'm interested in, filtered and categorised according to my choices. Channels: Twitter (multiple accounts) Facebook groups Facebook pages Google+ LinkedIn Flickr Youtube Website RSS Webpage updates ... (more)
Cycling Performance Programme
Performance Programme Since the outbreak of the global Coronavirus pandemic, my plan and diary for cycling in 2020 has changed somewhat. I did have ambitions for long-distance rides throughout the year, but the UK lockdown (with allowance ... (more)
John Swindells
John Swindells I am a career professional in software development, becoming proficient in various systems and languages since 1992. In recent years I have been especially active in web and mobile app projects. I stepped down in April ... (more)
Crivit products
The Crivit® product range If you're looking for outdoors clothing or accessories, you could do worse than to browse the Crivit® range. Crivit® is a brand of German supermarket Lidl's, so it's most convenient for UK customers to head down ... (more)
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Dig for Britain! (a COVID-19 response)
Now that Coronavirus has swept across the globe, it's important to think about food security. We've had issues with supermarket shelves going bare of all those storable items (pasta, toilet roll, etc) but no real issues with fresh produce ... (more)
Watch those Calories during the Coronavirus shutdown!
The global pandemic COVID-19 (also known as coronavirus) is forcing people everywhere to de-socialise and restrict their movements outside of home. In the UK, the guidance is to only make essential journeys, except for one short bit of exercise ... (more)
Setting up a LAMP stack on CentOS 8
Here are the command-line steps needed to get a bare CentOS 8.0 distro ready for full LAMP (Apache-MySQL-PHP) hosting: (Note - replace mysite.com with the domain name of your own website, and server1.mysite.com with this server's hostname ... (more)
Summer delivery of logs
This was their standard trailer-load (a 10 x 5 foot trailer) and came out at 23 barrow-loads when shifted into storage. It cost us £150, but for current prices please see their website. (more)
Close pass incidents being ignored by Norfolk Police
I have a Cycliq Fly-6 rear-view video camera in operation during most of my cycling, and this camera provides very good footage of vehicles (and if I'm lucky, the drivers) as they overtake me. I bought this camera in response to a very scary ... (more)
SOLVED! How to free a stuck seatpost
Bicycle seatposts are notorious for getting stuck in the frame. They're in a fairly vulnerable part of the bike, and rainwater can work its way down - causing the post to corrode over time. The act of corrosion is fairly slow, so you should ... (more)
Replacing push-fit bottom brackets
I'd always been nervous about replacing the push-fit bearings myself. I'd always been used to the screw-on variety, and when I bought a Specialized Crux with BB30 push-fit bearings I just left it as a job for my LBS when the dreaded creak ... (more)