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...
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Duncan
Jan 232 min read
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...
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Duncan
Sep 4, 20223 min read
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...
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Duncan
Aug 1, 20218 min read
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...
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Duncan
Jul 19, 20212 min read
You Had Me At Hello?
Searching for human acknowledgement...
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Duncan
May 23, 20216 min read
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...
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Duncan
Dec 9, 20193 min read
It's Behind You
For the last three years, the Children and I have visited the Georgian Theatre in Richmond, North Yorkshire. Each one of us looks...
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Duncan
Nov 19, 20196 min read
You're Not All That
Yet another example of how not to prepare for or even run a marathon. Sometimes, I shake my head and wonder when will I ever learn? ...
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Duncan
Nov 14, 20196 min read
The Beauty and the Beastly
I'm famous again? Or rather not. You, could tell it was my ugly mug (at a distance) on BBC Wales. Able to find myself just because of...
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Duncan
Oct 21, 20194 min read
Misplaced Pride & Well Placed Gratitude
The Yorkshire Marathon. What a brilliant turn out in the town and the villages. What fantastic organisation and support. Drumming...
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Duncan
Sep 27, 20193 min read
Marathon Training - Rest Days
Phew! That was a tough day. Gosh! That was a really tough week. Aargh! That was a tricky month. What's that old adage? If you fail to...
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Duncan
Sep 16, 20197 min read
Road Trip!
This weekend was one of my oldest school friend's birthdays, he is significantly older than me and has now reached yet another milestone...
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Duncan
Sep 12, 20193 min read
Wonder Woman's Plane
Sitting in traffic this morning. Going nowhere fast. The car adjacent, big, white BMW, the driver, elegant, hair styled, suit pressed...
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Duncan
Sep 8, 20194 min read
Straight, Right
There's an unforgiving honesty in this game and as much as anyone loves or hates it, it really is a contest of skill. I looked up game...
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Duncan
Sep 7, 20193 min read
A Game of Cat and Mouse
Friday evenings, simply the best night of the week. A child of the 70s, the start of the weekend is vaguely remembered as being spent at...
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Duncan
Sep 3, 20196 min read
It's a Wrap
I've been making soap these last few weeks. The first rule of ... is don't talk about … The second rule of … is you do not talk about...
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Duncan
Sep 1, 20193 min read
Box to Box
Starting to feel like I've missed out. Last year about this time I was cock-a-hoop that I'd been accepted for another stab at the...
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Duncan
Aug 31, 20196 min read
Ten Circles of (My Own Personal) Hell - one added for luck
Now for some I appreciate this might be their idea of an idyllic day out but this is my little story about a day out on the bike. It’s...
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Duncan
Jul 25, 20196 min read
Why Do We Always Exaggerate?
The other night, just finishing my shift, I was approached by a superior saying that 'none of the bins in the department' had been...
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