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Sh1t Bag Fairy
I love where I live. For the most part I like the people in the village. I'm lucky to have some fantastic neighbours and met some...
Duncan
Jan 102 min read
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Picking Up Poo with Plastic
Urghh! Aargh! Yukk! My daily chore, twice, sometimes three times a day. Who likes sticking their hand in a plastic bag and wrapping...
Duncan
Mar 24, 20242 min read
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Trash Talking...
A few weeks ago, the teenager and I had a blow out. A real bluey. A shouting match, which neither won. About what? Well, on the...
Duncan
Mar 22, 20245 min read
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Manx Mountain Marathon 2022
Happy Belated 50th Birthday! What an event? I genuinely don't know whether to place an exclamation or question mark at the end of that...
Duncan
Mar 18, 20247 min read
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A Wake Up Call
During the Covid lockdowns, I tried to do anything to keep my head above water. Universal credit was something, the part-time jobs were...
Duncan
Jan 29, 20243 min read
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There's a Moose Loose About This Hoose?
Well sort of, it's actually a little mouse and it's no longer loose. It has lain still, for several days, if not weeks, slowly decaying...
Duncan
Jan 23, 20242 min read
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I Pity The Fool!
Or 'Different Endings' What the hell am I doing? I thoroughly enjoy my new career and working for myself but what on earth am I putting...
Duncan
Nov 6, 20235 min read
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It's Christmas, Send the Apple Sauce
Waiting in the village shop and I'm buying the odd bits and bobs, swiss-roll, cumin powder, a plunger and clothes pegs, you know, the...
Duncan
Oct 15, 20233 min read
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House of the Dragon - Episode 1
Someone once said, that if you stop challenging yourself you stop growing? Who knows? Two years ago, enticed by the advertising as the...
Duncan
Sep 4, 20223 min read
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Blind Luck & Rushed Judgement
What's that phrase, poor preparation leads to p.p. performance? I know myself too well. Earlier in the week, I'd cleared my diary so I...
Duncan
Aug 1, 20218 min read
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Dot Watching...
Doesn't everybody have an Aunty Dot or at the very least know an Aunty Dot? I bet she got invited to the wedding? Most month's on waking...
Duncan
Jul 23, 20212 min read
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Weird & Wonderful
Many years ago, when running became a ‘thing’ for me, I decided to try and raise funds for Brathay Trust through (in part) writing this...
Duncan
Jul 21, 20214 min read
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Should I, Shouldn't I?
Three days to go. Three sleeps. 72 hours. Over a year to wait. Over a year to train. Except for the fact that I sort of didn’t, haven’t,...
Duncan
Jul 21, 20213 min read
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You Had Me At Hello?
Searching for human acknowledgement...
Duncan
Jul 19, 20212 min read
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Why is the anagram ...
Diary Day 10 of the Brathay 10in10 (ten marathons in 10 days).
Duncan
May 27, 20218 min read
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Another P is for…
The penultimate day! Pensive, almost proud, perhaps it's still possible, but, the pain! The quad has been rock-taped over night, I've...
Duncan
May 23, 20216 min read
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E is for ...
Day 8 diary of the Brathay 10 in 10 (10 marathons in 10 consecutive days)
Duncan
May 22, 20216 min read
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I is for ...
Diary entry - day 7 of the Brathay 10 in 10 2021
Duncan
May 20, 20215 min read
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N is for ...
Brathay 10in10 (ten marathons in ten days) - Day 6 Diary
Duncan
May 19, 20214 min read
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Another S is for...
STEPS! It's time to begin, now count it in, 5, 6, 7, 8. No, no, no! Not those Steps. Hopefully, the thirteen colleagues I'm sharing...
Duncan
May 19, 20213 min read
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