getbracknell - Reading Evening Post

So I got back on the running trail this weekend, quick mile and a half round the block – or so I thought.

Considering I play a lot of football (badly I admit), I found it ridiculously difficult.

This isn’t even vaguely related to Bracknell, well unless you count the fact that 10 minutes after spotting this celebrity, I drove through town on my way to Reading.

Anyway, not only is this man a star of the big and small screen, he’s also the booming voice of many radio ad campaigns.

Ok, I’ll admit it here and now, I am having serious trouble motivating myself to start training for the Bracknell half-marathon.

I’ll go as far as to say I have not started running training in any shape or form.

Driving to work this morning, I was delighted to see a banner outside the Coppid Beech Hotel proclaiming the return of ‘Ultimate Madness’ to the Bier Keller on Friday, March 6.

Ultimate Madness, as you might have gathered, are a Madness tribute band, and after seeing the real thing last year, I could not be more excited!

Well, I was supposed to be going to see the relegation battle between Bracknell Town and Taunton Town tonight at Larges Lane, but like last Saturday’s trip to Didcot, and last Tuesday’s visit of Gosport Borough, it was off!

But what is going on? I am one of those who is sceptical about the effects of global warming (I had a professor at uni who convinced me it wasn’t all our fault) but I am becoming concerned about the horrific weather conditions we are experiencing at the moment, particularly when it get in the way of the football.

Paths in Bracknell on friday night.

Did anyone else try skating home on Friday night?

I did, unfortunately I was a little worse for wear and at one point almost ended up covered in tasty curry.