What's that phrase, poor preparation leads to p.p. performance? I know myself too well. Earlier in the week, I'd cleared my diary so I...

Doesn't everybody have an Aunty Dot or at the very least know an Aunty Dot? I bet she got invited to the wedding? Most month's on waking...

Many years ago, when running became a ‘thing’ for me, I decided to try and raise funds for Brathay Trust through (in part) writing this...

Three days to go. Three sleeps. 72 hours. Over a year to wait. Over a year to train. Except for the fact that I sort of didn’t, haven’t,...

Searching for human acknowledgement...

It would be nice to write something to indicate how smoothly each day has gone, how calmly I've approached each day, how easy each...

Splish, splosh, sponsor me (please) Sunday. It was a tad damp out there today, but then there are more wet spots than an old person's...

Chatting to myself

Free 'health' check for my car today through the RAC, jolly nice of them, thought I. Dropped my car off at the garage and then took the...

This weekend was one of my oldest school friend's birthdays, he is significantly older than me and has now reached yet another milestone...

Sitting in traffic this morning. Going nowhere fast. The car adjacent, big, white BMW, the driver, elegant, hair styled, suit pressed...

A day or two ago, I nearly peed the bed. Half dozing off, a friend messaged me. I was at the point just at the edge of the cliff where...

I've been making soap these last few weeks. The first rule of ... is don't talk about … The second rule of … is you do not talk about...

Starting to feel like I've missed out. Last year about this time I was cock-a-hoop that I'd been accepted for another stab at the...

Now for some I appreciate this might be their idea of an idyllic day out but this is my little story about a day out on the bike. It’s...

The other night, just finishing my shift, I was approached by a superior saying that 'none of the bins in the department' had been...

This year, everything I've prayed and asked 'Him' upstairs for, has been duly delivered, except for the 'Bread and Butter', as Bob...

In the name of the father, son... Bathed in sunshine we were last year, even in 2017 when I did the Windermere Marathon the weather was...

Hate it! Left to my own devices I eat Pot Noodles, fish fingers or bacon butties, chocolate (lots of it and especially Snickers or...

When I purchased my house two years ago, I knew that regardless of how well it suited me, I needed to change it. My mortgage company...