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Category Archives: Lifestyle
Band of Brothers (and Sisters)
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
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I’ve Been a Naughty Blogger
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
Passion, Tenacity and a Park Run
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
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Just Do It 😜
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
Yay, I did it again
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
Park Run
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
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Now What?
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
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An Empty Bar, a Dog and a New Year
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
What do you need?
“All you need is something to do – something to love – something to look forward to.” I was told this as a young man, guess who haha. Then I heard it somewhere recently, I don’t recall where maybe a … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Freedom, Life, Lifestyle, Opinion, people
Tagged Advice, Blogging, Elvis, Howard Hughes, Life, Lifestyle, Marilyn Monroe, Michael Jackson, Money, Princess Diana, The Kennedys, The Rich List
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