The Lagos COWS / a filler 25.06.2025

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 It has been a long time , after all Rome wasn't built in a day, but the Lagos COWS are still quietly, nay modestly, a force for Health Vitality and the mass harvesting of Vitamin C,

As WAGS have taken the summer break after several whimpers, and we are not sure of the intentions of John to recommence the APAPS, I took the opportunity to announce shortly after 7am  on Wednesday 25th a COWS preliminary meeting and beach body fitness check scheduled for about 1 hour later, to negate the possibility of 'humorous replies thta might dampen my efforts.  This appeared  amid a discussion of the corruption of the WAGSAL channel which had led to certain frivolous posts confusing some members of long standing into being unable to locate the lunch time of the last of the WAGS , or perhaps WADS meetings, causing tardiness in parading at  Rota Algarviana, The lunch itself was covered in Johns recent blog which in itself was a miracle as like Macavity / HE WAS NOT THERE!

     Considering the short notice amazingly 2 members turned up to start the walk. Suffice to say that trying to take the starter as a selfie caused me more manoeuvring than any of John's high tech wizardry, but at least I kept the camera in hand and didn't leave it on someone's car.


The Sun God and his moll 

Sadly as can be seen it was rather sunless and cool, so precious little Vitamin C was harvested by either of us.


         The numbers were increased past a healthy quorum by the arrival of Chris, Antje and their house sitters for the important post walk coffee . Beach body fitness assessment was completed in a perfunctory fashion  and certified good for another year by myself, as I have a good knowledge of all the bodies in question. There is still time to get certified, just DM me and depending on circumstances I can arrange a test!!


 The key members of Lagos COWS (before the keys were thrown in the pot)


        The stats were far more impressive than the walk itself being gleaned from my Huawei Health App and recorded by my Huawei Watch GT4 Pro. In an update, Huawei have just released their latest watches among them the Huawei Watch GT5 Pro which not only performs the functions of the GT4 Pro but has refined scientific sensors that can provide a printable ECG among many other innovations.




A good brisk walk to burn some fat.



Don't believe the Average pace as I forgot to turn the device off until after coffee.

And that is it apart from the traditional musical finale .For this I have chosen my 77th year motto and aim , 'Don't let the Old Man in' sung by Toby Keith.


The song was written by Toby  in response to a line in a Clint Eastwood film.


'Toby said, 'I try to get up and be productive, and don't let the old man in. ' So, I wrote (the song, and) sent it to him. He put it in that movie, The Mule, and then it exploded on NBC when I sang it on the People's Choice [Country] Awards when I was getting the Icon (Award).”1 Dec 2023



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