There's a serial canal pusher in Bristol.

The UK has a robust alcohol consumption economy.

The bottom is likely mud and sediment. You sink in with one foot. Then your other foot gets stuck trying to free the first. It's very exhausting to walk through. Sometimes you keep sinking and you're not getting out without help. And the struggle works against you...

Canals are not always 3-4 feet deep. Swam in one before and I could only just touch the bottom near the edges, the middle was deeper.

Righting yourself and standing up, apparently isn't a natural motion for many adults who haven't learned to swim.

Other than that, someone might have knocked themself out as they fell in, suffered leg injuries, got tangled in something on the bottom, been intoxicated, suffered cold water shock, or fallen into one of the locks or other deeper areas.

I don't know the stats you're looking at, and this is me talking about plausible explanations rather than the actual reasons. But people can drown in puddles if the circumstances are there.

I'm guessing they fall in in the first place because they are drunk. Probably also they hit their head and/or get winded when they fall in.

Grab some Prisoner beers!

I went there a while back, had great fun: https://feddit.uk/post/29905608/17617081

Bit of a family roadtrip, going through Wales to visit Portmeirion and some inlaws.

If anyone's bad on the way, I'll leave them there 😉

I was abroad, three days one week and four days the other. Travelling for work can be appealing, but the appeal wears off quite quickly. There only so many airports and hotels you can take before it becomes boring. Oh, and you are tired all the time especially if you are traveling across multiple timezones.

For BBQ we did burgers one day, and steaks and vegetable skewers with garlic potatoes the other day. Next weekend weather does not look great, but if it improves I might consider making pork ribs.

The one I was thinking of is Woburn forest, and yeah it looks like they're cut from the same cloth. I should do a cheeky non-school holiday sometime, makes sense it'd be cheaper.

If you book outside of the school holiday's then they're not too bad. It's more than double the price during the school holidays and even the activities themselves can be more expensive.

I really enjoy the "no cars" rule they have, so all the little roads through the forest is used by people on bikes, and it's nice and peaceful.

We went to the one at Whinfell Forest in Cumbria. I'm not sure what the others are like but apparently it's got one of the best pools.

Enjoy! Staycation or have you gone away somewhere?

I work from home all the the time, travelling for work does sound appealing sometimes! Did you have to stay away or just lots of travelling per day?

What did you have for the BBQ? :D

Last week was cool. I've gotten back into brewing. I've got a bucket of apfelwein going now, plan is to use my carbonator and different cordials to keep it interesting over the summer. Should finish dry at around 16%, pretty excited.

Trying to draw more, hard to find subjects that keep me interested. Too much video games, should read more. Feels like my imagination fell asleep.

Last week was terrible with long hours working...

... because this week I'm on holiday 🎉

Few years ago I was working away from home (each week) for 3 months.

An opening for a different (manager) role opened up, working from home. I got the job and now I barely leave the house.

Think I preferred the previous role 🙂

Oh man, I've looked at those packages and just couldn't do it. Do you need one of those blankets firemen put on people they've saved? I would.

Does sound like a fun week. I'm pretty overdue for a vacation but we've just moved and the wife is still building up leave at her new job. Was it the one near Bedford with the tropical garden pool? I used to dream of getting out there sometime, but we never got the chance.

Last week was second consecutive week of travelling for work. Not a fan! Weekend was a fair bit of garden work & BBQ both days. I am a fan of that!

My week was good! I had a week off work, we took the kids out of school / nursery for 4 days and spent the week at CenterParcs. Everyone had a great time! Did lots of activities, and spent far too much money (if you've ever been, you'll know lol). But it was worth it.

Basically the age-old method of diet and exercise, but I only ate chicken salad and worked out at the gym 3~4 times a week.

No caffiene, sugar, salt, bread, etc... which also meant checking the ingredients and skipping pre-packed (ie flavoured) meat with things in, etc.

So, the right idea, but just too intense. And of course, it didn't last.

Even now, eating chicken (and other meat alternatives) salad wraps, but with coffee, etc, I can't get anywhere near my ideal weight. But, my current job is long days of hardly moving, so it's the physical part I'm missing.

Tried everything it feels like. Cold turkey seems to be the best and only thing which seems to stick a reasonable time.

Cool. Love catching up with friends. I've hit the age were I've realised catching up with ppl is a lot more important than work. Time is fleeting.

It's amazing that feeling of lightness, and also the general dull ache of a good workout/stretch. How'd you get the weight down last time?

Big respect.

To get to 12stone, I'd have to lose both arms and legs.

I got down to 13~14 a few years ago, but it was too fast (I think) as photos of me back then looked like I'd had a vacuum cleaner connected to me and I looked all gaunt... but I do recall actually feeling light...

Thank you! Surprisingly this time in my fitness journey, I'm not so tempted by fast food. I think it helps that I'm not overdoing it (used to run 5ks and cycle 30km everyday whilst consuming no more than 1000 calories), and curb the hunger pangs with healthier options

"calendar issue" :D