My Health @ 2021
Herry running the senior steeplechase of 1959 I have been very fortunate in having enjoyed good health almost all my life, which I must owe to my parents. In particular I inherited plenty of stamina from both of them, and was captain of running at school as well as 'Best Recruit', in the SAS Selection Course of 1970. I played tennis regularly in my teens and 20's and in my 40s took up swimming, and carried on until I retired in 2006. I also used a gym until I moved to Stockbridge from London in 2011. I very rarely had to take time off work as the result of colds or 'flu. so my immune system must have been strong. I have also never suffered from any allergies or tummy upsets, which I put down to the sensible attitude to hygiene at home, particularly in the kitchen, and being brought up with dogs. My first health problem occurred in Japan in the 1980s when suf...