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  • Yin yoga: relaxed maintenance

    Most of lockdown wasn’t great for training – home kata is quite difficult unless you’ve got a particularly spacious living room – but there were some upsides. Online training meant we could stay…

  • My hojo undo: barre

    I got into barre reluctantly, by accident. I’ve got two different hip problems and have been through a variety of physio and rehab, and missed a lot of training. I’ve also had a…

  • Café Ole – a working brew

    Café Ole plays jolly, sunny, house-ish music with chiming piano, in contrast to the overcast day and heavy roadworks outside. Intermittent drilling adds to the soundtrack. There’s a large counter that juts half…

  • Graveney & Meadow tea – twenty out of ten for tea

    Graveney & Meadow hasn’t been open for long this morning, but it already seems to have woken up. It’s dark inside, and it isn’t brightened by the retro décor or the fairy lights…

  • Night Riviera

    I feel as if I’m on a ferry, not a train. The head end of my bed seems to roll backwards every so often as the train lurches round bends. When the knock…