https://richardherring.com/warmingup/ en robs@notbbc.co.uk Sun, 19 Jul 2026 23:21:55 +0100 https://richardherring.com/warmingup/17/7/2026/index.html Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:32:00 +0100 8630/21549Maybe because my bad immune system meant I avoided the damp Hell of the swimming changing rooms, but I really enjoyed this trip to Center Parcs and feel sad it&#039;s over so soon. Occasionally badmington based tantrums aside, the kids are now old enough for more fun possibilities to open up. We still have to deal with sibling rivalries and frustrations, but the balance is shifting to a place where there&#039;s more fun than annoyance. 85% of the badmington match was really good fun, though the 15% was admittedly embarrassing.I https://richardherring.com/warmingup/16/7/2026/index.html Thu, 16 Jul 2026 09:45:00 +0100 8629/21548I went to pick up my replacement bike helmet this morning. There was no one in the office bit so I just went and picked one up and left again. That&#039;s how easy it is to get a bike helmet at Center Parcs. Not as easy as taking one off a bike obviously, but more hygienic. https://richardherring.com/warmingup/15/7/2026/index.html Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:23:00 +0100 8628/21547I am delighted that the Human League are going to be playing Hitchin. I am disappointed that Phil Oakey hasn&#039;t grown a beard that&#039;s really long on one side and really short on the other. Seems like a missed opportunity. &nbsp;<br/>Feeling a bit better today, if still pink and itchy, which was lucky as Catie was going to spend the afternoon in the spa so I was starting the long payback for the last month by being sole parent. https://richardherring.com/warmingup/14/7/2026/index.html Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:28:00 +0100 8627/21546I was feeling rougher than I&#039;d hoped I would this morning and was glad of the extra snooze time when the others went swimming. But we had activities booked in the afternoon and I am keen to participate, so we got on our bikes and went down to the Sports Plaza where Ernie was shooting some crossbows (hopefully foam arrows for everyone&#039;s sake) and Phoebe and me had booked a tennis court.I managed to play some light tennis in the hot summer sun without feeling too wonky. https://richardherring.com/warmingup/13/7/2026/index.html Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:59:00 +0100 8626/21545Off on holiday but not feeling quite as well as I&#039;d hoped by now. My post-chemo eczema is a bit itchy and still pretty tired, but&amp;nbsp; I had worried that I might have to cancel this trip altogether and I would have hated to let the kids down, so I have to take that victory.We are back at Center Parcs, but for once didn&#039;t try to get here by 10am so we could have a full day of fun. We just made our way casually over, arriving at about 3pm. https://richardherring.com/warmingup/12/7/2026/index.html Sun, 12 Jul 2026 13:25:00 +0100 8625/21544Fifty-nine not out. Though not making any presumptions about making it any further. My body has to work out how to give me a cancer that isn&#039;t essentially harmless soon.Some cool presents from Catie and the kids. Phoebe gave me a frog made out of pompoms, Ernie gave me a pen with a big bit of rubber cheese on it, where a mouse came out if you squeezed it (how did he know?) and Catie got me a bobblehead of me. Or Keanu Reeves. Or David Ginola. Whichever one it was, it&#039;s a lot of fun. https://richardherring.com/warmingup/11/7/2026/index.html Sat, 11 Jul 2026 17:07:00 +0100 8624/21543The power of Warming Up once again demonstrated. Within minutes of me publishing the blog a reader called Jonathan Ricketts emailed me to say the government were thinking of doing exactly what I suggested yesterday. You&#039;re welcome guys.&nbsp;<br/>It was my last day of being 58 today and by midnight (or technically 8am tomorrow) I had spent 59 years on this planet, as an autonomous human. As an early birthday present Jude Bellingham scored the winning goal for England a matter of minutes into my big day.