Heres to the Crazy Ones
A collection of incendiary thoughts have been ticking away at the back of my mind like an unexploded bomb for the last few weeks. Rather than let them sit th...
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Going nowhere fast
I’m not entirely sure where the weekend has gone. I had plans to touch base with friends, to go for a run, to buy some music - to do so many things. I did no...
Back to the routine
We returned home from the Lake District on Wednesday. Six hours, a stop for a cup of tea, and nervously watching the fuel tick down for the last hundred mile...
A morning in the hills
While the sun fought to break through the clouds this morning we pulled our walking clothes on, threw the boots and coats in the back of the car, and set off...
Unexpected Sunshine
We left Braithwaite in unexpected sunshine this morning, and set off on the gentle climb along Stile End and Outerside, towards the disused mine at Coledale.
Wednesday
The last few days have been ever-so-slightly stressful - or rather, our youngest daughter has been learning the hard way about just how manipulative, nasty, ...
Why are people so terrible
We went to our wonderful new local cinema this evening to watch Beetlejuice (they show a throw-back movie each week). While watching the movie, I couldn’t he...
Bang Bang Cauliflower
We went out for a drink and something to eat with friends last night. Not really “out out” - just ten-pin-bowling, and Wagamama (a noodle bar, if they don’t ...
Making it up as we go along
Isn’t it funny how you look forward to the weekend, and yet when it arrives you can see it, you know it’s there, but somehow it remains just out of reach. Be...
Dreams Dogs and Operations
The rain began falling before I woke this morning, and continued throughout the day. A steady stream of water from a dark grey sky, turning puddles into lake...