Project 365: Week 35
It looked set to be another boring week, but then we got a surprise bit of excitement with a trip to London, which made a nice change! Here’s what we’ve been up to this week… Day 236 – Sunday 24th August – I ran over 12 miles this morning and was pleased it was my fastest pace over a stupidly long distance. I’m hoping this means I can beat my personal best in the Cheltenham half marathon. Day 237...
Saturday is stag caption day!
On our recent visit to Coombe Mill in Cornwall, my husband carefully and deliberately got this awesome photo of my younger son as the stag ran past. Yes, my son is now half boy, half deer. But can you caption him?
Review: Shoes from Charles Clinkard
Regular readers will know that earlier this year I took voluntary redundancy and started work as a freelance copywriter/ PR/ proofreader/ social media consultant. With my new working life, came a whole new working wardrobe (OK, it was one outfit, I might need to consider adding to that soon). My work shoes were quirky and individual (a bit like their owner), but also not very sturdy and most definitely NOT FOR AUTUMN. Or winter. So I...
Return to Snowdon
Every year my husband and his old best friend take their kids on a camping trip. It’s a tradition that stretches back about 10 years. On that very first camping trip there was just the two dads, my eldest and my husband’s friend’s daughter, 18 months older than my son and at that time an only child. The camping trips alternated between closer to us (usually the Malverns or Forest of Dean) and closer to them (usually...