Tom Staniford

Trying to balance numerous frustrations- questionable success.
But weights session this PM will round off biggest 10hr training week and highest 52 CTL in 2yrs. Get it done.
An interesting project: cycling training when you currently only have one leg. Lots of stretching, Compex, and weights.

In a nutshell

Due to a spring rush of patients, next prosthetic appt is 20 March. That’s 3 weeks for Roger to hurry TF up and heal over. Needless to say, every plan I have has been pushed back and I am in the blackest of black moods. For the foreseeable. <back to radio silence>

To be absolutely clear: this is the lowest percentage of the vote in a by-election for the Conservatives or Tories since the party was founded at the time of the Glorious Revolution in 1689.

The strongest version of this illusion I’ve seen! Absolute head-wrecker!

Rounded out my biggest training week so far with 8 reps of 10kg bicep curls - lifetime PB. That’ll do, donkey, that’ll do. Good use of delayed prosthetic leg frustrations.

The craving to have a prosthetic leg and ride a bike is especially strong today. It is sunny. Everyone is training or racing. *forlorn sigh*

Shameless

You filthy fence-sitter, you.

Does Barolo merit justification?

Last 4 weeks have been challenging - but think it’s safe to have a breather. Celebratory #fishnchips tonight. Roger making slow but steady progress. Words can’t express how much I want/need that prosthetic so I can start exploring the future.

Final RT of New Blog - I visit clothing sponsor, get a fancy kit design, get licked by an enthusiastic pup. What more could you want for a Saturday evening read?

Well the weather is miserable and my mood is distinctly weltschmerz but I did at least manage another bicep curl PB - 20 reps of 8kg. Time to attempt the 10kgs.

NEW BLOG: featuring puppy kisses and flash kit. No further encouragement needed

2026 kit. That’ll do. For this donkey, anyway.

The 2026 season has begun for some. Sadly, still waiting for Roger to heal and the arrival of my final prosthetic leg… but @teambottrill @nopinz kit is designed and looking awesome, complete with some personal additions.

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Not my first rhododendron.

Tell you to begonia, did they? Heard it allium before.

Even better: The Continuous Sidewalk.

​Instead of forcing people to step down into the street, we make the cars step up into the pedestrian space. It prioritizes the person walking or rolling, keeps the path level for accessibility, and physically forces drivers to slow down.

It would be good if people started to understand AI doesn’t “know” anything. It’s been programmed to show what looks like an answer.

I'm tired of saying "we told you so".

Seems I have a new target. #CurlACase. It could catch on.

I wonder how many wine bottles it would be. Surely half a case?

Let it be known that today I set a lifetime PB of 14 bicep curls with 8kg. I currently weigh 60kg. Ok, so cheating a bit with no legs, but still…

Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

STUDY: “Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter.”
Follow great scientists here like @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com

*insert whiney pity post about patience and waiting for amputation site to heal*

Wow! double distancing plus added passive voice in the nonpology event here! The judges will love this!
Not only is he sorry you were offended, he's sorry that his language offended you.
We haven't seen this level of avoidance of responsibility from a powerful man since at least yesterday evening

The Police? I don’t blame you. Can’t be pleasant dealing with such classless individuals. PTSD and so on.

Clearly a wrong’un. Can transport police intervene?

Branches arching over a footpath in a black and white photo from a low angle

Oaks in a footpath leading to Sheepstor, last February, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography #blackandwhitephotography