The Northern Adventures

It's funny how something becomes so familiar in your life, take for example my jounery by tram to New Street every month. The early morning walks through my town, cash machine and then board the tram. Seeing people on their way to work, some sleeping, some immersed in their phones or staring blankly from the

Old Sarum, 5000years of history

We took a recent trip all the way down South, to see Texas in concert, one that had been postponed for some 3 years and when you say it out loud, it sounds completely mad. With a 3 1/2 hour road trip when needed a break on the return leg and opted to head towards

The Welsh Getaway

With the new year stating and a hope to start a fresh and put behind us the stress and uncertainty of 2021, we had booked a 4 day break in the heart of Powys, Wales, now I'm not sure how you all get along when yourself and your beloved plan a break, but with us

What a year

It's hard to say 2021 was a good year for anyone, but for me it seemed much harder. My 40th birthday turned into one of a medical emergency, followed by the best part of a year in and out of hospital. A brain operation and a kidney removal, followed by a few bouts of radio

Operation day

Returning home from a week in hospital feels emotional, I sit and enjoy a takeaway with the family, the kids laughing rake up emotional feelings in me, I make my excuse and take myself off for a bath. Listening to their laughter feels at odds with the recent few days and diagnosis. We wait a

Cancer day

Thursday 9th Feb, I get a drive out today, the transport takes me from Walsall Manor and drives the 30minutes to the Qeeun Elizabeth in Birmingham. My first outing in nearly a week. Kerry gets to meet me there, the nurse with me today is pleasant and jolly, we chat crap about the world, about

Me, myself and cancer

It seems 2021 was not meant to be the year I had quite envisaged, in February I turned the 40, I was suffering from the effects of having had covid in November 2020 struggling to move away from the longer term effects of lethargy and breathing difficulties. It seemed that long covid would dominate my

Mountain running

It's not often these that my legs get to hit some serious hills, so when we recently took a week long break in the heart of the Western Lakes, you can bet I was chomping at the bit to get out. Our little cottage nestled just outside of Bassenthwaite afforded a superb view of the

Park run, the end?

Having thoroughly enjoyed myself exploring the quieter areas of mighty Snowdonia national park, I was pretty buoyed to be heading off again on my final leg of this amazing adventure. The plan was fairly simple, do the middle, that is to join up sections between Bala and Harlach that I had yet to complete, a

Frosty Snowdonia

Part 2, Trail running crossing of Snowdonia National Park during the cold late Autum forst of November

The year of gear

As we sit around wondering what to do with ourselves at the moment, I thought it would be a good idea to do a round up of the kit I used over the #projectparkrun2019. The Klymit Static V insulated sleeping pad has to be the stand out item I have used this year. weighing in