Mellbreak done!

Dear All,

I've had a pretty good month really, and whilst I'm not fully out of the woods yet, I'm beating the head-injury I think.

What I'm much more sure about, is my physical progress, having run 6.6km in Vicky Park and swam 700m in London Fields Lido recently. The high-point though has been climbing Mellbreak with VB, Mum and Dad, in the Lake District. Himalayan it aint, but being able to do the 5km walk with 400m of ascent was great, and the views spectacular (see attached...but ignore the idiot on the left with his eyes shut).

The sponsorship pages for the epic London to Brighton ride are as follows:

http://www.justgiving.com/JimPooletoBrighton2
http://www.justgiving.com/JimPooletoBrighton

James / Jimbo / Multi

Jim to the gym

Dear All,

I've had a couple of good weeks since my last update - I've done gym sessions (at a gym for the disabled and recovering called 'Ability Bow'), jogged for another few buses (I need to sort out my punctuality for public transport I know) and continued to walk in the parks.

Xmas was fun (Pooles on Christmas Day, Beaneys on Boxing Day). VB and I celebrated the New Year by staying up until 22.30h - pretty rockstar!

I have an established programme of:

Gym sessions

Cycling on my exercise bike

Physio appointments

Occupational therapy (including presentations and work on FT articles)

A friend of mine is organising a sponsored London- Brighton bike ride on 15^th May as a fund raising event for the Keswick Mountain Rescue and the Great North Air Ambulance. These were the organisations who sorted out my evacuation/rescue to Newcastle General Hospital. I’ll keep you posted of developments on that score – lots of space for participants!

James / Jimbo / Multi