![]() Running anticlockwise is also useful for spinning a web or a trap because the direction of rotation is the same as the direction of the line which will catch prey or objects being trapped.Ĭlockwise running is used by predators to catch their prey or trap their victims within their jaws. This is why scientists think that dinosaurs may have ran anticlockwise to avoid being eaten by predators such as Tyrannosaurus rex. In fact, many carnivorous plants produce chemicals that deter animal predators by making them feel sick or causing them to vomit if they try to eat them. This is why injuries like ankle sprains or back problems are more common while running counterclockwise.Ĭarnivores run anticlockwise to avoid being eaten by predators who want to eat them from the inside out. For clockwise running, it is from right to left. All this writing is tiring stuff, though.In humans and animals, running anticlockwise causes the centrifugal force in the body to act from left to right, whereas running clockwise causes the centrifugal force in the body to act from right to left. I’m going to get my head down and crack on with finishing my latest book. I’m also sending best wishes to those of you who might still be a way away from feeling optimistic, and just hope that wherever you are, or whatever you are dealing with, you find the strength and good fortune to manage. I wonder what things you’re now looking forward to doing, now things are getting tantalisingly close for some of us lucky ones around the world. So hopefully, wherever you are, you’re starting to see some grounds for optimism too. ![]() Rest assured, my next book will not feature Milton straightening out corrupt deckchair attendants, or illicit narcotics ferried around in the back of ice cream trucks. Peaceful, idyllic memories, which are of absolutely no use to me as a writer of thriller fiction. So summer also reminds me of sitting on towels on the sand, for hours at a time, talking to my friends about everything and nothing, and a square meal just being the square carton that the chips came in. We were very fortunate to grow up in a town by the sea, with a wonderful beach only a short bike ride away. Test cricket has started again, which always puts me in mind of, years ago, dragging my small black-and-white portable television out into the family garden, on the end of a long extension lead, tuning the dial like a safe cracker until the picture was just about good enough to make out who was throwing what at whom. Summer is also all about memories – happier, freer times, back when I was younger, and there weren’t quite so many responsibilities or obligations to worry about. I’ve had a jab, my friends and family have as well, and it feels like (with all appropriate caveats and pessimism still bubbling around) we can actually start thinking about all those things we have been hankering after for these long months. This year, however, has me feeling more optimistic and positive than ever, and that’s thanks to, at least, my part of the world starting to inch back towards whatever we are calling “normality” at the moment. The long days, hopefully with a bit of sunshine, not to mention the chance to have some proper family time, once the kids have broken up from school. There’s something about summer that never fails to make me feel better. There’s that old saying about the weather in Britain – “if you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes.” So, after a good grumble about the endless rain of May, I’ve found myself rooting around in the closet for shorts and a tee shirt, rather than the raincoat and wellies. Like any true Englishman, I do enjoy a good grouse about the weather.
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