Category Archives: Lifestyle

The Trilby and the ‘Mod’

Posted on January 25, 2020 by charliecountryboy

Construction offices are strange places, all those drawings, plans and schedules. So, there I am waiting to review an apprentice with the Site manager, Trevor, and he asks me about the book I am working on. I explain it’s set … Continue reading →

Posted in 1970'S, Blogging, Fashion, History, Humour, Life, Lifestyle, Music, Opinion | Tagged 70's, 70's Fashion, 80's, 80's Fashion, Carnaby Street, Duran Duran, Goths, Johnny Rotten, London, Mods, Mods and Rockers, Punks, Reggae, Rockers, Ska, Skinheads, Teddy Boys, The Cure, The Small Faces, Trilbys | 31 Comments

Band of Brothers (and Sisters)

Posted on December 7, 2019 by charliecountryboy

The sun rises over the plain as the band of volunteers trek resolutely to the gathering place. They have an hour to prepare before the invasion; at which time a horde of combatants will descend upon them, not quite as … Continue reading →

Posted in Athletics, Blogging, Humour, Life, Lifestyle, Opinion, people, Running | Tagged 5k Run, Beverley East Yorkshire, Beverley Westwood, Fit for Life, Inspiration, Motivation, Park Runs, Parkrun, Running, Saturdays, Volunteering | 21 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

Beverley’s Golden Girl

Posted on September 15, 2019 by charliecountryboy

Ten year old Roisin wanted to run but could only commit to every other weekend and her local athletic club demanded every weekend so she joined Beverley Barracudas Swimming club. But running was something she wanted, so her mum took … Continue reading →

Posted in Athletics, Blogging, Life, Lifestyle, Motivation, Opinion, people, Running, Sport, Women | Tagged Athletics, Beverley Barracudas, Beverley East Yorkshire, Biathle, Humber Tri-Athletes, Junior Athletics, Life, Motivation, Parkrun, Physiotherapy, Run Swim Run, Swimming, Team GB, UIPM | 26 Comments

Passion, Tenacity and a Park Run

Posted on July 13, 2019 by charliecountryboy

Sometimes this is what is required to complete a task. Eighteen months ago the idea of a Park Run on Beverley Pastures was conceived by Kay, Nick, Louise and Andy. They were flummoxed as to where, the Racecourse said no! … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Community, Life, Lifestyle, Opinion, Running, Sport | Tagged Beverley, Beverley Park Run, Beverley Westwood, Park Run, Running | 24 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

Yay, I did it again

Posted on June 16, 2019 by charliecountryboy

I don’t do this very often, but yes I’m taking the bragging rights on this because I’ve trained hard for it and I’ll use the excuse that maybe it will motivate some people. Yeah I like that, feel better already. … Continue reading →

Posted in Athletics, Life, Lifestyle, Opinion, Running | Tagged 10k Run, Health, Life, Lifestyle, Opinion, Running, Training | 45 Comments

Park Run

Posted on March 30, 2019 by charliecountryboy

The sweat is stinging your eyes, your lungs are bursting and your legs feel like one of those Hartley Jellies Mum used to make. After 5k you collapse over the line, a gasping, sweating, wobbly mass that was previously a … Continue reading →

Posted in Athletics, Blogging, Life, Lifestyle, Opinion, people, Running | Tagged 5k Run, Couch to 5k, Health, Innovation, Life, National Health Service, Park Run, Park Runs, Paul Sinton-Hewitt, Running | 38 Comments

Now What?

Posted on January 5, 2019 by charliecountryboy

There is no grass to lie in anymore and the clouds are one mass of grey. I’m hardly likely to find an abandoned Chevy in Yorkshire or a cassette of Little Willie John, but I do know a place down … Continue reading →

Posted in Humour, Life, Lifestyle, Opinion, people, Relationships | Tagged Conspiracy, Humour, Life, New Year, Relationships, Resolutions, Robbie Robertson, Somewhere Down the Crazy River, Stop Drinking, Stop Smoking | 51 Comments

An Empty Bar, a Dog and a New Year

Posted on December 29, 2018 by charliecountryboy

Mogan, Gran Canaria, 1976. We were poor, not dirt farmer poor you understand. I’m not Clarence Carter, the rains hadn’t washed the crops away, my mom wasn’t called Lucille and she wouldn’t have been able to afford the bus fare … Continue reading →

Posted in 1970'S, Blogging, Fishing, Humour, Life, Lifestyle, Opinion, people, Travel | Tagged 1976, 2019, Clarence Carter, Gran Canaria, Humour, Life, Mogan, New Years Eve, Spain, Spearfishing, Tapas, Travel | 32 Comments