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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? ...
Duncan
Nov 19, 20196 min read


Significant Others
I met a girl once. A long time ago. On the hotel balcony. Not quite a short lived romance. I'd had teenage love before but this...
Duncan
Nov 18, 20195 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...
Duncan
Nov 14, 20196 min read


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...
Duncan
Nov 11, 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...
Duncan
Oct 21, 20194 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...
Duncan
Sep 27, 20193 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...
Duncan
Sep 16, 20197 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...
Duncan
Sep 12, 20193 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...
Duncan
Sep 8, 20194 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...
Duncan
Sep 7, 20193 min read


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...
Duncan
Sep 5, 20193 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...
Duncan
Sep 3, 20196 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...
Duncan
Sep 1, 20193 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...
Duncan
Aug 31, 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...
Duncan
Jul 25, 20196 min read


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...
Duncan
Jul 14, 20196 min read


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...
Duncan
Jul 12, 20195 min read


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. ...
Duncan
Jul 10, 20197 min read


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...
Duncan
May 27, 201913 min read
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