Awesome August…. away with ye
As August drew to a close last week, it seemed to take the last of the summer with it. The eternal optimist in me hopes for a last gasp effort later in September and October (in fact, on September 14th...
View ArticleDon’t Look Back
Birthdays are supposedly a time to celebrate, with family and friends. For me they are also a big indelible mark in the calendar that another year has passed, and this provokes an intense period of...
View ArticleJust for today
I didn’t expect to be de-icing my windscreen at 8am on a Monday morning. I didn’t expect to be sat in traffic in heavy rain on the motorway every day at 5.45pm. My plans for winters in Scotland never...
View ArticleInto the new
Hasn’t it been a while! I have missed my blog, but I’ve been in the truly wonderful position of squeezing every last drop from the last few weeks and only today have I felt that I’ve caught myself up...
View ArticleBack into balance
It has been an exhausting few weeks. Somehow January ended up being as full-on as November and December, and I couldn’t get going again after having a long Christmas break. Re-adjusting to full time...
View ArticleOooh! Changes afoot!
Looks like we’re minding the fort while a bit of decorating takes place round here … Pop back soon and see what we’ve been up to! Filed under: Things Tagged: adventures, creativity, feeling the...
View ArticleIn praise of tea
It has been hectic lately. The tail end of Bertha has caused havoc further north, and has brought some windy whirly weather to Glasgow too. The last couple of days have felt like summer is coming to an...
View ArticleUltra running, Ultra recovering
This is Lossiemouth beach, on the north east coast of Scotland. It was last Sunday, August bank holiday weekend (well, if you’re in England) and as you can see, we had the best of the weather while it...
View ArticleAll you have to do
After plodding along pretty steadily and mostly pretty happily for the last couple of years, I finally made a big decision on the morning of Day 2 of the Saltmarsh 75. It was shortly before I took this...
View ArticleAnd…. Action!
Inevitably at the start of the year, we look back on what was, and start to think once again about what might be. 2014 was a pretty transformative year for me. I set myself some monster targets running...
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