, but it is purported to be an aphrodisiac and anti-depressant too! Closer to home you could try nettles. They’re a highly nutritious source of nutrients including silica, zinc, iron, B2, B5 and folic acid. The plant has incredible restorative and tonic properties

by the fronds of stately willows.This was going to be a doddle.Eight hours later I was crashing, wide-eyed and breathless, through a thicket of malevolent brambles. My arms and legs were ripped by thorns, spotted with the burning Braille of nettles.The sun

’s voice ceased to make sense: the sound became a monstrous confluence of sound and smell, like bile dripping on red-hot corrugated iron. The dog grinned lecherously at me as it rogered a patient old Labrador. I collapsed, delirious, into the nettles

could see, the Amazonian rainforest came pretty close to the Garden of Eden. No nettles, no brambles, no midges, no mosquitoes. Just lofty, dignified trees and sinuous vines and cute little frogs and the odd, flesh-necrotising centipede.Frankly, I

is an adventure without them? There would be nettles, marshes, unruly farm dogs, agricultural chemicals, possibly electric fences. I might even encounter uncouth rural types, who would wave their sticks at me and shout obscenities in their rough, incomprehensible

placed clump of stinging nettles or cow pat.I acknowledge all those whose paths I cross with a nod, a smile or greeting. I try to gauge the salutation, if any, that I will receive in reply. Hi Single syllable favourite of other breathless runners

’s never worse than stinging nettles. It’s not their fault either – they’re not seeking you out, they’re just lying there minding their own business!"Pressed for strategies she uses to distract herself while underwater, she admits to singing motivational

common excuses. With these tactics, you’ll never miss another session.“I’LL MISS MY FAVOURITE TELEVISION PROGRAMME”Summoning the energy for après-work running is fine on club nights. There are stories of Hard Terry’s Nettle Warrior to look forward to

this one againP.S. Its Tuesday after the TG, I still can't straighten my legs; I have to sit down carefully because of the rope burn on my butt. I am going to enter the summer version of Tough Guy – the Nettle Warrior, it just sounds like fun!

, me...). However, I honestly don't think jelly stings are THAT bad. It's really just like a nettle sting. Accept that they MAY be there (but equally may not), swim round them if you happen to see them (but you probably won't) and just know