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Nur die Harten Kommen in den Garten

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It's been a while; so much for breaking my monthly article record in October, there's always next month. So I would ask that you do some soul searching, to see if you can come up with a publishable (basically anything) guest article. Some ideas are; a book review; a recipe. Since I'm back at work, it will get increasingly difficult to produce an article every week so I will get evermore reliant on guest articles. There has been something of a breakthrough in my training. I won't bore you with the details but the result is that I have committed to the following. It will soon be time for the Weihnachtsmarkt here, in Bergedorf. I can remember last year during the xmas markets, naively suggesting that I would be walking at the markets "next year" (this year). Well, that's not likely and, frankly, impossible unless I increase my intensity between now and then. So, I've decided to do just that. This will entail walking, outside if possible, every day. Th

Neurorehabilitation From The Trenches: Training

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The main aim of this article should have been to push toward a record eighth article in a single month. Of course, that was dependent on one of you submitting a guest article. Claire's mother, Dervilla, did submit an article for publication, unfortunately that was past my bedtime of 22:00. I will simply start afresh in October, gunning for this allusive record. The aim now, instead, is to bring you through a typical day for me, including all my daily training. I finally started my internship, with EON , today, so all this will change. The alarm typically wakes us at 6am. Then we get showered and have some breakfast. I use a shower chair that was given to us by Niall & Pia. After breakfast, Claire makes sure that I have everything I need, including a fully charged phone, before she makes her way to work. I then get down to business. Firstly, I create my Wunderlist for the day, which today looks like this: The Gehbarren was up first, so I put youtube on to accompany

Stadtrad

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I'd like to thank Dervilla Fastner, Claire's mum, for sending me the first of what I feel will be a record breaking October. So, without further ado... I have decided to write a short overview about my experience of hiring a city bike during my recent weekend stay in Hamburg. As the weather forecast for the weekend was really good, we decided to go cycling together on the Saturday. Cycling is probably one of the best ways to explore a city, and besides that, it’s fun, healthy and environmentally friendly. Renting a City Bike in Hamburg How it Works:   It’s all fairly straightforward. Firstly, you need to download the Hamburg city bike app, STADTRad Hamburg , onto your smartphone. Then, sign-on entering a few personal and payment details. After a few clicks you are ready to pick up a bike. On the map, which is visible on your app, you will see all the pick-up and return points in and around Hamburg. There are 220 stations in total.  Once you have found a bike at