{"id":23029,"date":"2016-01-18T22:40:06","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T22:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=23029"},"modified":"2016-01-18T21:54:18","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T21:54:18","slug":"18-how-do-you-fill-a-spare-hour-or-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/2016\/01\/18\/18-how-do-you-fill-a-spare-hour-or-two\/","title":{"rendered":"18: How do you fill a spare hour or two?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First of all, having a spare hour or two is not a luxury I often have. However, between the end of school &#8211; after marking the books I had &#8211; and the beginning of a meeting that began at 6:30pm, I found myself at a bit of a loose end.<\/p>\n<p>In the past, I would have happily whiled away the time chatting to colleagues, or finishing off some other work. Not today. \u00a0Today, in my current frame of mind, which is set to &#8220;get fit\/lose weight\/walk more&#8221;, I decided the fill that time by going for a 2 and a half mile (4.21km) walk around the area.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23030\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23030\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/18-how-do-you-fill-a-spare-hour-or-two.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23030\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"23030\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/2016\/01\/18\/18-how-do-you-fill-a-spare-hour-or-two\/18-how-do-you-fill-a-spare-hour-or-two\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/18-how-do-you-fill-a-spare-hour-or-two.png?fit=1200%2C569&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,569\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Monday Walk\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Click to enlarge&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/18-how-do-you-fill-a-spare-hour-or-two.png?fit=1024%2C486&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23030\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/18-how-do-you-fill-a-spare-hour-or-two-300x142.png?resize=300%2C142\" alt=\"Click to enlarge\" width=\"300\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/18-how-do-you-fill-a-spare-hour-or-two.png?resize=300%2C142&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/18-how-do-you-fill-a-spare-hour-or-two.png?resize=1024%2C486&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/18-how-do-you-fill-a-spare-hour-or-two.png?resize=700%2C332&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/18-how-do-you-fill-a-spare-hour-or-two.png?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to enlarge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Other than a lot of lovely time at work today, there is little else to share.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First of all, having a spare hour or two is not a luxury I often have. However, between the end of school &#8211; after marking the books I had &#8211; and the beginning of a meeting that began at 6:30pm, I found myself at a bit of a loose end. 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