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
- Nov 11, 2019
- 4 min
Violet Beauregarde
Free 'health' check for my car today through the RAC, jolly nice of them, thought I. Dropped my car off at the garage and then took the...
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Duncan
- Oct 21, 2019
- 4 min
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, 2019
- 3 min
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, 2019
- 7 min
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, 2019
- 3 min
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, 2019
- 4 min
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, 2019
- 3 min
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 5, 2019
- 3 min
Cat Fight!
A day or two ago, I nearly peed the bed. Half dozing off, a friend messaged me. I was at the point just at the edge of the cliff where...
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Duncan
- Sep 3, 2019
- 6 min
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, 2019
- 3 min
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, 2019
- 6 min
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, 2019
- 6 min
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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Duncan
- Jul 14, 2019
- 6 min
Chubby Witch Doctor
It just so happened that on Wednesday, I was unfortunate enough to be in the car when Jeremy Vine (BBC Radio 2) was discussing cancer and...
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Duncan
- Jul 12, 2019
- 5 min
Twisted Lyrics
This year, everything I've prayed and asked 'Him' upstairs for, has been duly delivered, except for the 'Bread and Butter', as Bob...
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Duncan
- Jul 10, 2019
- 7 min
What Have The Romans Ever Done For Us?
The aquaducts? Law and order? Sanitation? Medicine, wine, roads, to mention but a few of the things that Monty Python reminds us of. ...
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Duncan
- Jun 17, 2019
- 3 min
Chomp!
It's been a month since the finish of the Brathay Ten in Ten. My mood has not abated, the sun is still shining a little brighter than...
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Duncan
- May 27, 2019
- 13 min
It's Magic...
Nail varnish is still on, scuffed, flaking but still on. There is some limited poignancy in that, still clinging to the laughs, the...
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Duncan
- May 18, 2019
- 5 min
I'm an Imposter?
Who would have thought that by just keeping on, keeping on, the world could be a better place. Earlier today I posted my Day 9 diary of...
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Duncan
- May 18, 2019
- 6 min
Brathay 10in10 – Chapter 10 – Slay the Nine-headed Lernaean Hydra - Step Back in Time ...
Whoever said this sh#t was easy? These were my thoughts and pains on the eve of day 10. What a difference a year makes. This morning, on...
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