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...

This weekend was one of my oldest school friend's birthdays, he is significantly older than me and has now reached yet another milestone...

Sitting in traffic this morning. Going nowhere fast. The car adjacent, big, white BMW, the driver, elegant, hair styled, suit pressed...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The other night, just finishing my shift, I was approached by a superior saying that 'none of the bins in the department' had been...

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...

This year, everything I've prayed and asked 'Him' upstairs for, has been duly delivered, except for the 'Bread and Butter', as Bob...

The aquaducts? Law and order? Sanitation? Medicine, wine, roads, to mention but a few of the things that Monty Python reminds us of. ...

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...

Nail varnish is still on, scuffed, flaking but still on. There is some limited poignancy in that, still clinging to the laughs, the...

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...

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...

26.2 miles. One a day. Every day for ten days. Am I having too much fun? Am I making it sound like it's easy? If you dare to respond...

Seven down and three to go (I keep telling myself two and a lap of privilege), as it stands 'Three is a magic number.' Coming in to this...

Remember visiting the fun fair, how exciting it was, throwing weighted darts at giant cards, or trying to Hook-a-Duck, or chucking ping...