Crem, get a dog. And a shotgun. 
(I have the former, but not the latter)
When I was a teen and living far out in the country, I had a terrier not dissimilar to the one I have now and almost every morning he used to ask to be let out at 5.30 or 6 to go and chase the fox out of the garden (we had a big garden and no near neighbours), but when they both got old they weirdly made friends. The dog still used to ask to be let out early in the morning, but if you looked into the garden you would see them both sitting side by side on the lawn. And when the fox died, the dog found his body in the wood and lay down beside it and wouldn't come home for hours. True Story.
I have dodgy knees and a squiffy hip and lower back issues, so you won't ever catch me taking up running but I do walk briskly for around 40 mins each day with the dog and occasionally power walk up hills. Aside from that, my circuits class twice a week is all that I do. During the summer there is usually a certain amount of running incorporated into the circuits class, but it's on a field which doesn't jar all my ricketty bits.
The Lakeland heated airer is most excellent. I use it in our bedroom, so it is out of the way and no one falls over it.
CV, sounds like the wedding was lovely. I can categorically state that I will never be taking my dcs to Alton Towers or anywhere like it. I feel sick just looking at rollercoasters and will never go on one. Dd went to Eurodisney last year with a friend and they went on all sorts, so I don't think she has ended up deprived of excitement due to my weediness.