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Ginger jam. I come
OBITUARIES back from a walk and
she is there using her
working more outside where he made a good friend, Alan Dear, magic apple peeler.
who was a driver and that is where Rich found the career he It’s a brilliant gadget as
wanted to follow. it peels, cores and
slices apples. (Thank
Glo and Rich met originally at the youth club but saw more of each other at you Ian Ventham for
the Royal British Legion Club and as they say things went from there. Rich recommending this
was then driving for Bedfords and Jestys delivering watercress to the London addition to the
markets and up North ending in Chesterfield. It was amazing that the chutney tool kit). I
market men would give Rich a whole net of carrots or a sack of potatoes for have had to laugh at another item, Onion goggles.
just a box of cress. It was in London that Rich first had KFC something he These are like swimming goggles but protect the eyes
always loved.
from streaming when preparing onions. Why she has to
On the north run Rich always stayed at the Greyhound pub, right next to the have a Dame Edna Everidge pair? I don’t know, she looks ridiculous!
church with the crooked spire and Glo recalls that the people were lovely She has been following the American election on the news and the twists and
but the place itself was a real dive.
turns of President Donald Trump’s infection and apparently miraculous recovery
Rich wanted a change so passed his class 2 HGV. He loved driving and from Covid.
went on to do long distance work for H J Cutler, Stretch Transport and J B As a result of all the speculation, she went online to the NHS BMI calculator and
Coakes. He didn't mind the early starts and the long hours on his own or has worked out that she has a higher BMI than Donald Trump and is therefore
sleeping in is cab. He quite liked the fact that providing he got his load from obese. I think she always knew that, but has decided to go on a diet and lower
A to B, he was his own boss. Many people travelled with Rich and Glo said her risks of complications from Covid. Ha, I think, she has been dieting for over 50
she has been all over the UK in the truck and has some fond memories of this.
years and as her father said once was the proud owner of the best slimming book
In his forties Rich decided that he had enough of long distance work and library in the Western World. She has tried them all Audrey Eyton’s F Plan,
after a succession of temporary jobs he started driving for Travis Perkins in Rosemary Conley’s hip and thigh diet, Robert Atkins diet and many more She has
Blandford and gained new skills in using the crane and health and safety. signed up for Slimming Magazine, Weightwatchers and Slimming World, none
He enjoyed the work and being at home every evening. However once his have ever worked. Why bother now? We are now trying a mixture of Tom
diabetes deteriorated Rich could no longer keep his HGV licence. This was Kerridge’s Dopamine diet (he lost 13 stone) and Michael Mosely’s fast 800. I have
hard for him to accept but TP made him yard foreman which meant he was to admire her optimism.
still involved in arranging loads, the transport and working outdoors. He
Now what does this mean for me. Both of these are low carbohydrate diets.
learnt new skills and held licences for the fork lift and side loader.
There is no bread or biscuits in the house. (To be fair there have been no biscuits in
Rich loved to go fishing with his Dad at Abbotsbury and they have had many the house since the gardening club stopped. Between us we always ate their left
a good feed from the mackerel they caught. When Rich's cousins came over biscuits.) Alcohol is not permitted but she is not a heavy drinker. Not going
down from Sheffield they liked nothing better than to go fishing with Doug out much means the temptations are reduced but there are no excuses for not
and Rich. sticking to it. She even drinks sparkling water with Ice and lemon on the Saturday
virtual gin and tonic night it looks like a huge gin.
Unfortunately after his Dad died fishing didn't have
quite the same appeal. A lot of people are eating and drinking more in lockdown through sheer boredom
stress and worry. Some people have put on weight. I’m not really surprised, our
Rich would often look back at the time when him local pubs seem to be competing with pictures on Facebook for who has the most
and his friend Pedro were fishing and they trapped a fattening unhealthy take away meals. The Royal Oak is closed so that reduces the
wasp in Doug's fishing box. All he would say is that local choice. There are vans on Fridays and Saturdays and local restaurants
the air was colourful when his Dad opened the box, deliver.
but of course the two lads were just rolling around
She weighs herself every morning and measures her blood sugar. We are taking

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