Wilderness

One foot in front of the other

“There is nothing better than walking or running for turning the tumblers, sparking up fresh words for the work I do each day.

My life's fitness programme began on my 27th birthday with a heart attack.

I came out of coronary care entirely gunshy and tentative about any kind of exertion at all. I went home, stayed put.

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