About Us

I’m a slightly stressed-out married mum to three young adults, living in Gloucestershire in the UK. My kids are:

  • No 1 son, born in 2001, usually known as my eldest on the blog. He did an apprenticeship after A Levels and is now working full-time.
  • No 2 son, born in 2003, usually known as my younger son. He’s at university studying medicine and is a brilliant athlete.
  • My daughter, born in 2006, is in year 13 at grammar school. She loves dancing and is planning to go to university.

 

I love running and reading and our cockapoo, Hetty. I’m obsessed with parkrun, have run a lot of half marathons and ran my first marathon in 2019. These days, I blog mainly about running and books, but I also write about facing my emptying nest and about Hetty.

Runner, Running, Stroud half marathon, Female runner in green Tshirt and black shorts smiles as she runs

 

I’m a freelance writer, a vegetarian teetotaller and eat a lot of Green & Blacks chocolate. I wake up too early every day and dislike housework.

I started this blog in 2011 ago because I thought my kids were funny and I wanted to share that with the world. My blog has evolved since then as my kids have grown up.

You can also find me on

Cockapoo, Hetty, Christmas tree, A woman with long hair and glasses sits by a Christmas tree holding a cockapoo dog, My Sunday Photo, Silent Sunday

Forest of Dan parkrun, Parkrun tourism, A smiling woman in a green top stands in a forest behind a big purple sign which says Forest of Dean

 

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