Category Archives: Freedom

I’m a Day Late!

Posted on May 24, 2020 by charliecountryboy

The wind howls across the moor – actually they are pastures – but wind on the Westwood cannot dampen the mood. After all I’m not Heathcliffe. “Pity,” mutters the Princess, dreaming of Tom Hardy. This post is a day late, … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Coronavirus, Freedom, Humour, Life, Opinion | Tagged Anniversaries, Beverley, Beverley East Yorkshire, Beverley Westwood, Humour, Life, Lockdown | 21 Comments

To Flee or to Fight

Posted on March 21, 2020 by charliecountryboy

The sun creeps over the mountain ridge, casting its first shadow deep into the canyon – far away in the distance a blur is moving fast with the speed and agility of a Pronghorn. Look closer and you see someone … Continue reading →

Posted in Athletics, Blogging, Freedom, History, Life, Mexico, Opinion, Running | Tagged Athletics, Blogging, Born to Run, Charlie Robinson, Christopher McDougall, Copper Canyons, Life, Mexico, Opinion, Running, Tarahumara, Travel | 23 Comments

So, Your Uterus Didn’t Drop Out?

Posted on February 8, 2020 by charliecountryboy

She ran and she ran, her heart was beating too fast, she knew this but kept going. She made the 200m line, 400 meters, 800 meters, shattering the mile record, still she ran, and then it happened. Her uterus fell … Continue reading →

Posted in Athletics, Blog, Blogging, Freedom, History, Humour, Life, Opinion, Running | Tagged Amsterdam Olympics 1928, Humour, IOC, Jo Pavey, Life, Marathons, Paula Radcliffe, Run, Running, Tokyo Olympics, Women Running, Women's Athletics, Women's Distance Running, Women's Marathon, Women's Olympics | 46 Comments

Oh Well, too late now

Posted on January 4, 2020 by charliecountryboy

I thought about doing the ‘Happy New Year’ thing but it’s a bit late now and I’m too early for Easter, so it’s just another post. Do you ever have an idea and get really excited? I don’t mean, you … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Family, Freedom, Humour, Life, Opinion, Relationships | Tagged Blogging, Charlie Robinson, Human Interest, Humour, Life, Opinion, People, Relationships, Retirement, Writer | 68 Comments

The OFSTED Visit

Posted on December 15, 2019 by charliecountryboy

Do you want to know a secret? Our instructions are: “Do not tell anyone about the OFSTED visit on Social Media.” Sorry this is England not North Korea. If you’re not English, notice I don’t say British, that’s because the … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Carpentry, Education, Freedom, Humour, Life, Opinion, people | Tagged Blogging, Common Sense, Construction, Further Education, Humour, Life, Ofsted, Reality | 25 Comments

Roasted Yorkshireman

Posted on October 29, 2019 by charliecountryboy

Makes a difference to Roasted Beef I guess. I love roasting in the sun and I know all about skin cancers etc, but you know me by now? Totally irresponsible when it comes to that stuff. What I do love … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Cyprus, Freedom, Humour, Life, Opinion, people | Tagged Beaches, Blogging, Charlie Robinson, Cyprus, Holidays, Humour, Life, Opinion, Running, Travel | 33 Comments

I’ve Been a Naughty Blogger

Posted on October 9, 2019 by charliecountryboy

Anyone typing ‘Naughty Blogger’ into their rather seedy Search Bar hoping for stockings and suspenders are going to be hugely disappointed. By naughty I mean lapsed, one comment already from the delightful Angel at https://watchyourlifeinpictures.wordpress.com/ left me feeling all chastised … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Freedom, Life, Lifestyle, Opinion | Tagged Blogging, freedom, Humour, Life, Lifestyle, Opinion, Writer, Writing | 47 Comments

Just Do It 😜

Posted on June 23, 2019 by charliecountryboy

Your God wasn’t a runner, I know this for a fact because if he had been he would have designed eyes so that sweat did not seep into them, blinding you for the majority of a race. But anyway, you … Continue reading →

Posted in Athletics, Blogging, Dance, Freedom, Humour, Life, Lifestyle, Opinion, people, Running | Tagged Athletics, Blogging, Dance, Dancers, Half Marathon, Humour, Life, Opinion, Running, Training | 50 Comments

We Have to Say Goodbye For The Summer

Posted on June 12, 2019 by charliecountryboy

I felt the fear rising, it was okay, I had learned to control that years ago. But the anger was straining for release today and like mist from a stagnant pond in a summer inferno, I felt them drawing the … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Freedom, Humour, Life, Opinion, people | Tagged Adolescence, Blogging, Carpentry students, Humour, Kids, Life, Relationships | 20 Comments

The Boy in the Short Pants

Posted on April 27, 2019 by charliecountryboy

The city sun was no different to the country sun, so why was it so scary? A strange question to ask your 10 year-old self? I should have asked why the other boys were throwing stones at my legs, but … Continue reading →

Posted in 1970'S, Blogging, Freedom, Life, Opinion, people, Relationships | Tagged Blogging, Bullying, Life | 70 Comments