My reverse advent calendar
A few weeks ago, I pledged to myself and my readers that I would do a reverse advent calendar for the local food bank this…
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Newport Marathon
Newport marathon. 5th May 2019. It’s all been for this. Fifteen weeks of hard training in the rain and the cold. Sixty-seven runs, 440 miles….
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Marathon training: Why I’m finally running for charity
I’ve never run for charity before. There’s two reasons for that. The first is that I think if you’re running for charity, it ought to…
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Return to Gromit Unleashed 2 (and being brave)
We haven’t really had days out with the kids since they started doing sport at weekends, when the boys were aged 7 and 10. To…
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Remembering Jessica
Yesterday morning, a beautiful little girl was taken far too soon. Jessica was the daughter of fellow blogger, Louise. Born with half a working heart,…
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The Sport Relief mini triathlon
Sport Relief is a charity we’ve supported as a family for many years. We did the Sport Relief Mile from 2008 to 2016 – increasing our distances…
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Sport Relief 2016 – Feeling proud
On this year’s Sport Relief medal it says I did myself proud for Sport Relief, which is appropriate, because I couldn’t have been more proud…
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Running for Sport Relief 2016
My family and Sport Relief go back a long way. The boys and I ran our first Sport Relief mile in 2008, before it was…
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The German Christmas market
My younger son’s school holds a German Christmas market every year as a charity fundraiser. There’s no little wooden huts like you normally see at…
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Save Syria’s Children
I’ve been troubled by the refugee crisis for some time now. News bulletins were reporting on hundreds of people dead on a boat somewhere in…
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2014 – the year that was
2014 was a big year for our family, with a lot of changes. There were plenty of smaller highs along the way too. So this…
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The Gallery: Eyes 2014
I’ve got blue eyes – just verging towards the greener side of blue. My husband has blue eyes too. So there’s no prizes for guessing…
