…you’ll stay that way, me Mum used to say to me. I really must learn to mind my face when there’s a camera out! Still, good training run today – nearly 15 miles up and down the beautiful edges we have around #theoutdoorcity. There’d be another 70 to go, when I trot along The Ridgeway in a couple of weeks, raising money for Refuge and … Continue reading If the wind changes…
My blog crush, Dan, wrote a post not so long back entitled Bird by Bird. I repeat the short story he mentioned here: “Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he’d had three months to write. It was due the next day. We were out at our family … Continue reading Step by step
Maps have arrived today, for the hills and trails that make up The Ridgeway – the 85 mile trail I’ll be completing for Refuge and the ManKind Initiative. It’s exciting to look at them and get a crystal clear representation of the route! To navigate, it’s not the map or even the route that’s most important, though. So it is, too, with life. If you … Continue reading Where to go
Looking out of the window at the moment, I can see it’s absolutely gorgeous. Around my house right now, there’s some peaceful snoring from the dog and the happy sounds of my beloved rifling through some of their sixties memorabilia. The world, for me, is a good place. In a different house right now, there will be someone afraid of being hit, of being humiliated, … Continue reading Contrasting worlds
