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I am not a fan of exercise. Anyone who knows me will know that. I did a run a month or two ago and it was horrible, I didn’t enjoy a minute of it, and just felt so ill when it was over.

However, tonight I went swimming for the first time in 3 years and I actually really enjoyed it! It’s looking like it should become a regular thing with my friend Anna 🙂 So with that in mind, and the football on tele, exercise seemed a good theme for this weeks Friday five favourite!

Swimming
Love this because there’s no impact to cause that sort of pain, and you never feel sweaty from it!!

Walking
I used to do quite a bit of walking as part of my commute, it totalled around 2 hours a day, so that was a nice, convenient, free way to stay in shape! It’s also a good time to multi-task with reading or listening to something! I’m also quite a fan of a nice country walk if the company is good 🙂

Ballroom dancing
never done it, but it looks like fun

Skipping
with a rope or just round a room, great fun 🙂

Cycling
I really didn’t enjoy my cycling to work – battling to stay alive between the cars is not enjoyable, but I think on a smoothly tarmacked traffic free route, it can be pretty freeing to go for a ride!

Hmm, I think that was a bit of an effort to find five wasn’t it! What’s your favourite form of exercise?

This week I’ve been watching some of season 8 of Scrubs, including the episode that guest stars some of the cast of Sesame Street 🙂 So I thought, as today is my birthday, why not delve back into my childhood and choose my five favourite characters from that wonderful show 🙂

Similarly, a few years ago, BBC did their “Five Minute’s With” interview with the cast of Sesame Street which can be seen here 🙂 AND also showed us the outtakes!

Grover

Cookie Monster

Ernie (or more specifically, Rubber Ducky 🙂 )

Snuffleupagus

Who couldn’t love those eyelashes?!

Elmo

Who’s your favourite Sesame Street character?!

We all know kid’s TV ain’t what it used to be, so here are my five favourite programs that I watched when I was little.
When I say kid’s TV, I don’t mean after school shows like The Wild House and Blue Peter, maybe I’ll leave that for another time, but this list is those 10 minute long preschool shows. I’ve tried to stick with stuff that was on in the early 90s, I could have included things like Watch With Mother, Bill and Ben or Andy Pandy, (all links to episode videos 🙂 ) but those were more from the 50s I think! Things I watched because my parents had loved them (not the silly new colour animated versions!). I guess the list below should qualify as the programs I’d make my kids watch if I had them because I loved them as a kid!

Postman Pat

I love Jess. I have a toy cat called Jess, very like the Jess in this except that she’s female and stripey, but I was little when my Grandma gave her to me, and she’s wonderful.

Fireman Sam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PJYW8C2Nkk
I honestly never realised this was a Welsh programme until I was a grown-up. Seriously.
Wait – I’m a grown up?!

Rosie and Jim
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2fkDx1MfBw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9eFHQyeEpw
I think my brother and I had dolls named Rosie and Jim as well 🙂 – and there was a model of a duck in my Grandma’s garden that looked a bit like the one in this – I like ducks!

Spot the Dog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8WCNxmhXD0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9TVARde3cQ

Come Outside

Apologies of the choice of episode, this is just by far the most memorable! (And it only says CBeebies in the corner because it was so good that they still repeat them 🙂 ).
Just make sure you watch for the spotty plane around 7min.
My favourite bit of trivia I learnt about this show this week is that it was created by a woman called Elizabeth Bennett!

Other Classics: PC Pinkerton, Brum (0.00-1.20 & 7.43-9.21), Astro Farm, Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends, Tots TV. (Links are just tv theme tunes)
Could totally have included Countdown on this list as I was made to be a fan from a young age, but it’s not exactly kids TV!

So there you have it.
What were you’re favourite childhood TV programs? (No matter what decade that may have been!!)

On Friday, my five favourites is going to be *something* along the lines of TV shows
Can you guess any of them from this list of sub characters? One from each!

• Ted Glen
• Elvis Cridlington
• John Cunliffe
• Steve the Monkey
• Auntie Mabel

I should own up and say that one of those I had to look up the name of the sub character, so I’d’ve never got it!!
Enjoy 🙂