Monday 2nd November 2020 - Walking with the Mayor: Pack 29 released: Lockdown changes

Posted 4:20pm

Hey.  Look at us!!!  Here we are gathered in the foyer of Highbury Leisure Centre this morning where, despite a gorgeous sunny start to the day - right up to around 9:30am - we took refuge from a quick downpour.

Were our spirits dampened??  Not a chance!!!  Off we trundled into the now spitting rain to start our walking challenge around Highbury Fields, and it soon stopped raining and we enjoyed sunshine once more.

It was lovely to be joined by Janet Burgess, the Islington Mayor (standing behind a kneeling Lazza, wearing her chain of office).  She was wonderful, chatting to everyone, and we eventually did three laps, and I was delighted that our turn out was so good.

The new lockdown changes coming in Thursday, which say you can exercise outdoors but only with one member of a different household, means Lazza will be doing most of the challenge himself. We will need to relax the exercise sessions until December. However, with upcoming knee surgery, maybe that is a good thing, as it will enable him to get some recovery time in.

https://www.hmhb2016.org.uk/mental-health-packs

We released number 29 of our health packs this morning, and it really is full of content.

In this one:

Mindset - we look at Confidence, Optimism and Esteem (often confused with confidence)

Nutrition:  we turn to milk, and look at some of the alternatives being offered to us

Exercise:  Lazza demonstrates some "Big Ball" exercises, but you can use alternatives at home

Health:  We look at our Bones

We also provide some recent research on mental health and the Covid on our News page.

And we have a film-based picture game page, Lazza's fiendish quiz, a recipe for Beef Stew where Lazza cooked his first ever Dumplings, and much more.

I have almost finished Pack 30, which is 26 pages, and I am really happy with the way they are coming.  I am hoping we can get to number 50 which would be around April 2021.  Let's see.