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The London Orbital Motorway
The dreaded |M25
Brings chaos and traffic jams
That drivers must survive.
But there are always silver linings
And the best by far
Is admiring Surrey's woodlands
From the comfort of your car.
Winter's bare and elegant trees
Look best with a sprinkling of snow
Though it's not as common as it was
Many decades ago.
Spring is a lovely time of year
With promises of sunny days ahead,
An explosion of leaves and blossom
Means winter is finally dead.
At last, at last Summer is here
But then it is too hot
And the M25 turns into
An extensive parking lot.
In Autumn, Surrey is bathed
In a gentle rusty glow
Unlike the strident scarlets
That some countries know.
Kestrels hover overhead
Wild flowers and animals thrive
A journey on the M25
Can be a wonderful drive.
A visit to The Devil's Punchbowl,
Hindhead, Surrey
November 1007
Sunday 8 May 2011
MIND OVER MUSCLES
XLIX
Keep-fit clubs are starting up
All around the land
So I thought that it was time
I joined the growing band ...
Of fitness fanatics
Who pump iron every day
Exercise on treadmills
And jog their lives away.
I considered a gym club
But was scared to death
By the gleaming, muscled bodies
Scarcely out of breath.
I decided I would have to
Get fit before I could enrol
And bought some excercise machines
To help me reach my goal.
But no one every told me
How boring it would be -
And the muscles didn't beef up -
A slimmer waist I didn't see.
Then an article that I read
Solved my problems at a stroke:
"Imagining exercise works" it said -
I don't think it was a joke.
After a mental workout
And energetic exercises in my head
I was so exhausted
I spent another hour in bed.
If my muscles increase by 13%
Just waiting in a shop or traffic queue,
The longer I'm delayed the quicker
A slimmer, stronger me will be on view.
Extract from the Daily Telegraph of 22.11.2001
"Thinking about exercise can beef up biceps ...
Simply imagining exercising ...can significantly
increase muscle strength.
Those who thought about exercise showed a 13.5%
increase in strength after a few weeks."
Keep-fit clubs are starting up
All around the land
So I thought that it was time
I joined the growing band ...
Of fitness fanatics
Who pump iron every day
Exercise on treadmills
And jog their lives away.
I considered a gym club
But was scared to death
By the gleaming, muscled bodies
Scarcely out of breath.
I decided I would have to
Get fit before I could enrol
And bought some excercise machines
To help me reach my goal.
But no one every told me
How boring it would be -
And the muscles didn't beef up -
A slimmer waist I didn't see.
Then an article that I read
Solved my problems at a stroke:
"Imagining exercise works" it said -
I don't think it was a joke.
After a mental workout
And energetic exercises in my head
I was so exhausted
I spent another hour in bed.
If my muscles increase by 13%
Just waiting in a shop or traffic queue,
The longer I'm delayed the quicker
A slimmer, stronger me will be on view.
Extract from the Daily Telegraph of 22.11.2001
"Thinking about exercise can beef up biceps ...
Simply imagining exercising ...can significantly
increase muscle strength.
Those who thought about exercise showed a 13.5%
increase in strength after a few weeks."
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