Journal

The week started in Civitavecchia, Italy, before sailing back to Valencia in Spain and returning to Los Alcazares at the weekend and watching the Premier League´s final games of the season from the comfort of my sofa.

This week I managed to start swimming more often, now that the weather is warming up I can get in the sea for my morning dip.

The week started quietly recovering from my cruise around the Mediterranean, which finished last week. I had a few deliveries arrive and some that did not arrive. At the weekend my sister arrived from the UK.

In Week 22 of 2024, I flew back from England to my home in Los Alcazares, Spain. I finally got a new recliner chair delivered, and I had a lazy Sunday afternoon at a friend's, enjoying some great food.

This week starts off with me swimming in the Mar Menor & ends with me celebrating Wales's qualification to the World Cup Finals in Qatar.

In Week 23 of 2024, I relaxed at home as much as possible before flying to Marrakech at the weekend with my friend Lisa.

This week, I started to swim a bit more in the mornings. My sister Karen was staying in Los Alcazares for a week and joined me several times to feed the fish. I bought a few things for my apartment to make my life a bit easier, but I generally just took it easy.

This week I did some work in my kitchen, work in the office & a lot of work on my computer. As I worked so hard this week I then booked a Mediterranean Cruise for myself to go on later in the year.

In Week 24 of 2024, I saw and did some amazing things in Marrakech before flying home to Los Alcazares.

This week, I got the results of last week's tests from the Doctor. I took a short trip to Alicante to see Bob Dylan in concert and my friend Cindy arrived from England to stay with me for a holiday.

This week was a fairly quiet week & I didn't get any further than the bank in one direction & the office in the other direction.

I started Week 25 of 2024 by seeing a doctor about my painful and swollen legs. It was a sad week in which I heard about three different people I knew passing away. RIP Alan, Keith and Roxanne.

This week was very mixed; I did lots of swimming, enjoyed a local celebration at the beach, suffered from a bout of GERD, caught up with lots of friends I hadn't seen for a while and had the bad news that an Uncle had a heart attack back in

This week I do a lot of swimming, buy some furniture, get some jobs done in my apartment, go for a curry with friends, get stung by jellyfish in the Mar Menor, & still find the time to see Madness in concert in Murcia & book a weekend away later in the year.

I started Week 26 of 2024 by seeing a doctor again and finished with me having dinner with a friend before going to watch the England vs Slovakia football match in a pub in Los Alcazares.

This week, I decided that after a few weeks of starting to swim more, I would try to step up the distance I was swimming and go swimming every morning. I will note how far I swim each day from now on.

This week another friend passed away, it seems the older we get the more regularly we begin to lose friends. RIP John, you will be missed. I do a lot of work at the computer this week, a little swimming & enjoy a concert

I started Week 27 of 2024 by seeing a nurse and the doctor again. I booked my next big trip when the doctor gave me good news about my legs: an escorted tour of Japan.

This week, I swam quite a bit, met a few friends, and booked myself onto another cruise, this time going from Barcelona, Spain, to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At the end of the week, I had a severe bout of Acid Reflux, which caused some pain.

As the week started & I didn't have any real aches or cramps in my leg & I intended to swim every morning. I managed to do this every day except for one, over the week I swam a distance of over 5.2 km.