Over it
After 22 years as a parent, I realised the other day that I really am over giving my kids a lift. One day in the…
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My favourite blogposts of 2022
The other day, I shared the most popular posts from my blog in 2022. Only one of them was written this year and none of…
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2022: That was the year that was January to June
2022 started as most years do – with my daughter feeling sad that panto was over. Then it was back to school. My younger son…
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On life lately
Life here has been a bit weird lately. It all feels very unsettled. It’s over two months since my younger son went to university to…
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Parkrun triumphs 2021
2021 was another rather short year of parkrun. It was announced in March that parkrun would return on 5th June. Then it was announced on…
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2021: That was the year that was July to December
Like most people, 2021 started off rather slowly and quietly for us. But July was a good month. At the start of July, I ran…
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Parkrun 2021: End of year report
It has been another short parkrun year. Here’s my family’s annual report of achievements. I think it’s an achievement in itself that my family often…
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2021: That was the year that was January to June
We started the year in tier 4 Covid restrictions and on 5th January we went into the third national lockdown. My husband and son were…
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Generation X
I saw a meme a while ago which said something like: For every Boomer that hates the Millennials, there’s a generation in between that hates…
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Covid-19 returned to our family
Covid-19 recently hit our family, having hit us for the first time in April 2020. (There was no testing then, but I had textbook symptoms….
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Newport marathon: The maranoia goes next level
I wrote the other week about ‘maranoia’ – the special kind of paranoia you develop in the days leading up to a marathon. Because you’ve…
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1000 hours outside: Summer update
At the start of the year, I set out to spend 1000 hours outside – or at least to see if I can spend around…
