Leisure
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Waterproof
#Wellies #Sailing You purchased the wet weather gear entirely for this moment concentric circles forming round your feet while raindrops congregated in and around abandoned coffee cups and pooling on ceramic plates as the ducks watched on ideas to go boating on the open waters of Windermere quickly dashed by sudden downpours and by the… Continue reading
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Treehouse
#writephoto #Treehouse When i was younger it looked huge nestled among the silver birch and scots pine that frequented the large open space every kid from the neighbourhood rendezvoused on that spot Surprised it’s still there ? Pine and Oak still stands proud as kids Run about as if its another scout rally It’s stood… Continue reading
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Not my usual choice of leisure activity
#writeclub #Paintball Colours flew upward into the Manchester sky Reds, Greens and Yellows – Not Forgetting Blues Bringing a note of brightness to A Collection of Northern trees Up above birds looked on indignantly as their friends were covered in coloured goo but their new outfits brought smiles to the masked artists particularly when the… Continue reading
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Marble
#Marble It’s been rolling about In your pocket for a while now Waiting to bump into its chums on the playground floor Travelling at some speed into the collective amassed Some greet him warmly whilst others dart off quickly Continue reading
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Run
#SoCs #Run #Life #Sports you’ve been doing this since you were little toddling round the garden Rewards ? Only you know there’s a time to beat – from a to b kept from the last time you did it stopwatch started at the first step and while you pound the sandstone and tarmac you’re chasing… Continue reading
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A twist on Snakes and ladders
Salford , 30th July 2019 Basic and spinal injury centre, Salford. We’ve all played the board game of snakes and ladders before The idea is you roll the dice, go up the ladders and down the snakes all very straight forward , but has anyone tried playing it the other way round ? Where you… Continue reading
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Chequered
Brain and spinal injury centre, Salford 26th June 2018 two friends locked in a meeting of minds heads of two mighty armies engaging in rank from rook through to queen keeping an eye over each army is the ruler of the of the land at either end night facing off against day in a battle… Continue reading
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Knitted
Knit Knights of the realm could be toppled by this – but Not my mum, or my aunties or Nanna Its where i learned some very basic steps To create a scarf for my teddy bear. To be honest, the twists and turns of loops and purls were Extremely difficult, but by the end of… Continue reading
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Atmosphere
Atmospheric Cast that whitelight through the prism and let the colours scatter, we’ll be reeling and a rocking , jumping and a jiving under the rainbow of coloured lights till morning maybe we’ll meet some one special – bopping to the beat – its quite an atmosphere Continue reading