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A fellow Bracknell based twittererer (??) is watching movies that were based or filmed in Bracknell.

He's got 'The Offence' starring Sean Connery (The Offensh?? - still a terrible joke the eighth time I've told it) and obviously there is Harry Potter.

A while off I know, but some of us have a LOT of training to do.

But I'm already making plans for next years Bracknell Half-Marathon, involving several naive souls from Bracknell Town Football Club.

Nearly 10 days on and little progress from my previous blog entry.

Mind you they have re-surfaced the road.

Henry Abrahamian, Bracknell Manics Reserves veteran centre-back made it two man of the match awards in two games on Sunday, with a fine performance in the Manics 2-1 extra-time defeat by AFC Beachfleet.

Henry put on a masterclass of defensive heading and composure at the back that belied his years.

So the Bracknell Sunday League kicked off on Sunday. (Did you see the pics)

How did you get on? My team were away, and as anyone who has travelled with me, I hate away games.

Spent Friday night at the Manor with a friend who had popped over from Reading.

She had never been there before and was fascinated by the place.

Managed my first 90 minutes since October yesterday for Bracknell Manics Reserves, initially starting up front but was quickly switched to right-back when they realised I was hopeless!

Paul Merson was in town last night, that’s the former Arsenal and Portsmouth winger, not the acclaimed Have I Got News For You panellist Paul Merton as somebody (no names mentioned) thought.

Merson was hanging around as guest speaker at the annual Bracknell Town FC sporting dinner held at Blue Mountain Golf course, and what a brilliant evening it was.

Someone in this town is nicking my hubcaps!

I’ve lost two now in the last three weeks, front left and back right.

I’ve been saving the pennies in recent weeks in preparation for the big house move which means unfortunately the crusade to find Bracknell’s best pub has so far taken a back seat.

I will be kicking this off this week, but it won’t be tonight.

I’ve done a bit of training now, but I am suffering a bit in the ankle department.

I strained it a week ago on Thursday, re-awakening an old injury I’ve had since last year’s half-marathon (yes, I know I should have gotten it seen to!).

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.