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New health & fitness festival
After a summer of booze, bands and bonkers kids, you're going to need a sanity-saver. I've got just the thing.
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Mr Muddy Berkshire tries: Nolan Osteopathy
I’m a natural cynic when it comes to the whole holistic gamut, but one of the more established favourites I do believe in, having seen results, is osteopathy. So when Mr Muddy B’s clicky knees and frozen shoulder returned after a gruelling session of golf over the summer (poor lamb) I shuffled/shoved him (ow, ouch, […]
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Boiiiing! Jump In trampoline park tried and tested
I don’t think I know anyone now who hasn’t been to a trampoline park (I even have a stash of those grippy socks in my drawer now). They’re such big business here, having arrived from across the Pond to transform the way us Brits play and get fit. And with our temperamental weather, they are indeed […]
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The Muddy Guide: What’s On Thurs 23 – Weds 29 June
Bedroom Farce, Theatre Royal Windsor, until Sat 25 June Ooh, I do love a bit of fighting spirit, and even a flash flood a couple of weeks ago – flooding the corridors and front row of the Theatre Royal Windsor’s auditorium – can’t keep a good theatre down! They’ve bounced back with a vengeance, continuing […]
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Come float with me…
Are you a floater? I wasn’t, but I’ve been converted after a trip to Berkshire’s only dedicated float centre, Floating Point in Pangbourne. Before my appointment I mentioned my forthcoming float to a few people and I’ve never had such a mixed bag of reactions, ranging from abject horror, ‘Is the water clean?’, ‘Aren’t you frightened about being in […]
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It’s skiing Jim, but not as we know it! Skiplex, Woodley
I am more than a little peeved. My two children have just had Level 5 ticked on their Ski Progress Record by Joe the instructor at Skiplex in Woodley. He takes a sidelong glance at me, then ticks Level 4 on mine. It’s all I can do not to have a John McEnroe moment – chuck […]
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Family mountain bike trail, Bracknell
Well hellooo there bum cheeks! You’re making yourselves known after our mountain bike trail in Swinley Forest. Someone get me a bag of frozen peas! As you can probably guess, I am most definitely *not* a natural mountain biker. In fact, the last time I rode a bike, I think it was a Chopper (and I […]
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I was a boot camp virgin!
I never thought I’d say this, but… I HEART boot camp! I joined one in June last year, and not only have I stuck with it, but I love it. Believe me, no one is more shocked than I am. I’ve had a love-hate relationship with exercise over the years (haven’t we all?). Typically, after the last Terry’s […]
