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As I may have mentioned a couple of times recently… I’ve just turned 40! OK so 4 years ago I wrote a bucket list of things I wanted to do before I turned 40. The last time I did an update, with 2 years still to go, I was doing quite well and then coronavirus […]

Obviously the most important event in history is my birthday! But the 30th May is important for other things that happened too! Birthdays:   Ooh my husband will be impressed as he loves Wicked: Idina Menzel (who is turning 50 this year), Harry Enfield (actor and comic), Helen Sharman (astronaut), Rachael Stirling (actress, daughter of […]

Running after a break is tough! You need to get back into the zone mentally as well as physically. I am a fair weather runner. It still seems odd calling myself a runner at all! This time last year I had not even thought about running but in June 2020 I embarked upon the Couch […]

Over the Easter holidays, we went out to the river almost everyday. We enjoyed all kinds of weather but mostly sun! So first up is the heron which we saw frequently: Next we have the egret. Only spotted on one day of the holidays but we saw two! Dad was frantically trying to get some […]

So the clocks went forward last weekend. The next easing of lockdown began on Monday. Easter holidays started at 3pm yesterday. Change is a natural part of life and things seem to be happening this week! I feel a sense of positivity that was impossible this time last year as we began our first lockdown, […]