Saturday, 12 October 2019
Monday, 9 September 2019
Badly Dressed Badminton Club 2019 sponsored walk
Here comes World Mental Health Day 2019, so off we go for a nice walk...
World Mental Health Day 2019
Well, here comes autumn... season of mists & mellow fruitfulness... & this year, as every year since 1992, the 10th of October brings us to World Mental Health Day.
World Mental Health Day 2019 emphasises mental health promotion & suicide prevention:
A gradually increasing global problem, for the first time since 2013 UK suicide rates increased in 2018 (by almost 12% check out Samaritans data & reports).
It is important to make efforts to manage your own mental health & wellbeing, which can enable you to support other folk in optimising theirs, & much information & advice is available only a click away e.g. The Mental Health Foundation has a range publications/reports to download for free; MIND has a comprehensive information offer, as does SANE, Rethink Mental Illness etc.
The Mental Health Foundation provide phenomenally interesting & useful information in their Fundamental Facts about Mental Health 2016 publication.
World Mental Health Day 2019 emphasises mental health promotion & suicide prevention:
It is important to make efforts to manage your own mental health & wellbeing, which can enable you to support other folk in optimising theirs, & much information & advice is available only a click away e.g. The Mental Health Foundation has a range publications/reports to download for free; MIND has a comprehensive information offer, as does SANE, Rethink Mental Illness etc.
The Mental Health Foundation provide phenomenally interesting & useful information in their Fundamental Facts about Mental Health 2016 publication.
Sunday, 8 September 2019
Black Country Living Museum... we made it!
Unbelievably, everyone due to turn up, duly turned up; Shaun arriving at Cannock railway station four & a half hours before the 9.32 to Birmingham New Street thereby allowing plenty of time to check-in!
We took the more scenic, canal towpath route from Tipton station to the museum... those main roads are chockful, noisy, & unpleasant... the canal, quiet, slow, & surprisingly clean (with plentiful bramble coming into season!)
With the schools just having gone back, the museum was active but not too busy... great access to the buildings (which, I believe, are it's crowning glory!)
This chap seems to have fallen asleep standing up!
Yes, there was chips & beer for some; others, more skinflinty, had opted for the down-market packed lunch...
The weather was kind, the company good-ish... a lovely day... but then came the train journey home... those guys couldn't organise something very easy, in a context that makes it even easier!
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