plod

Now one man to the fore in the snowshoes, and now the other, it was a case of stubborn, unmitigated plod. A yard of powdery snow had to be pressed down, and the wide-webbed shoe, under a man's weight, sank a full dozen inches into the soft surface.

He and his old horse used to plod together along the street, like two good partners who understood each other; the horse would stop of his own accord at the doors where they took coal of him; he used to keep one ear bent toward his master.

There was nothing for us to do but plod along--and this we did.

'Oh, yes, that's all he is good for: he can plod through the service well enough; but he has not a single idea beyond it.'

'You know it's against the law scavenging coal, boys,' Peter Plod called.

Patricia Wilkinson, one of the team members and director of training and skills development at NECC, said: "We are really keen to take up The Plod challenge.

The Plod is sponsored by the Vale of Glamorgan Council's LifeStyle gyms, based at the Leisure Centres in Barry, Cowbridge, Llantwit Major and Penarth, and organised in association with Penarth and Dinas Runners.

Donald, who has not won since 2006, preferred to use the word "plan" rather than "plod" after four birdies and a bogey to move to six-under par.

Or plod through--you'll be happy you finished--even if you didn't love it.

The limited edition beer will be unveiled to help quench the thirst of hundreds of participants and spectators of the city's Gunpowder Plod 5k run and Fireworks Festival.

Eleven colleagues from NECC took part in The Plod, a 40-mile endurance walk across the Yorkshire Wolds organised by children's charity, Action Medical Research.

He was a policeman and his name was PC Plod. He and I ran a watch factory in my front garden.