The running is the easy part! It’s always the same for me – once I’m out there and the legs are moving, no matter how sluggishly or nimbly, I’m fine. It’s just finding the time, getting motivated, putting on the gear, setting the gadgets and stepping through the door. Then I’m fine. But, to me, […]

Christmas is a time for visiting relatives and this year we chose to organise seeing H’s parents and relatives over the weekend before. Since I always plan a run along a stretch of the River Thames, this year we decided to stay in Kingston upon Thames affording me the chance to include not only the […]

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Promised my legs an easy day after their heroic deeds last weekend, so cycled leisurely from Chester to Colwyn Bay, stopping at places you don’t often have the time to. 50 miles. Glorious Weather.   //embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js  

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Helen and I enjoy spending New Year at Center Parcs; a perfect way to charge the batteries up ready for a new term. Up until this year we had opted for the Sherwood Forest location but after a quick visit to Whinfell during the summer to visit my daughter and family we decided to book […]

It may be a story that most of us know only too well but it’s such a strong recent memory that we can react emotionally to many aspects as if it were happening now. The Beatles Museum at Albert Dock, Liverpool, is outstanding at bringing these moments to you in remarkably well-constructed settings; The Casbah, […]

Delightful ride through Cheshire and borderlands. Ecclestone, Pulford, Ewloe, Northop, Shotton, Stanney, Wervin and back to Chester. 47 miles

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So, Marcothon 2014 and RunEveryDayDecember events are over. These are the first of such events I’ve entered, where you join a virtual community chasing a common goal – in this case to run every day in the month of December 2014 – and I have thoroughly enjoyed the experience. In the case of Marcothon 2014, […]