I’ve been to my dad’s a few times recently and obviously brought my running gear. And I’ve realised that I’ve already created a default route. I want to say that I’m one of those free, devil-may-care runners who, one day may go left and the next, right, and meander through new avenues and paths, always… Continue reading Dads and Dogs
Month: April 2021
The Chairman’s Challenge
I have decided that Heswall should be renamed Hes’hill’! A cake displaying the route of the Challenge How someone could devise a route so close to the base of our running club with three humungous hills, just shows that a) the terrain is somewhat slopey and b) the route-master is a devilish fiend. Roy Fisher… Continue reading The Chairman’s Challenge
Wirral Seaside 5K Run
In normal times this is a series of runs along a section of coastline of our little peninsula, happening each month from March to August. I have had a go once or twice and it is very popular. With a nominal fee, hundreds of people have pegged it from Leasowe Lighthouse to bag a personal… Continue reading Wirral Seaside 5K Run
That was the week that was
When so much writing material happens in the course of a week, a consolidation is required. A trip to the seaside on Tuesday. Tuesday It’s great to have a mate to go cycling with. Especially when you yourself are not so au fait with bicycle mechanics (I can ‘theoretically’ fix a puncture but I haven’t… Continue reading That was the week that was
The Widows of Malabar Hill – Sujata Massey
The front cover of the paperback Having said I’m not into the Crime novel genre, I appear to have read two of them back to back! But you see, when the main protagonist has the surname of Mistry (as my surname is) I felt a personal obligation. As an aside, this isn’t always the case.… Continue reading The Widows of Malabar Hill – Sujata Massey
Volunteering at the River Park
It was, by mid-morning anyway, a rather warm hazy day. The water on the river barely rippled and we could see clearly over to Liverpool with the huge Anglican Cathedral taking centre stage. A view of the big city from tranquility. There were surprisingly few people about on such a clement morning and I asked… Continue reading Volunteering at the River Park
Vaseline
I was going to create this post a couple of days ago, but then Prince Philip suddenly shuffled off this mortal coil and that news seemed to wade into my writing unbidden but overriding. Prior to my knowledge of the Royal demise, on Friday morning, I was steeling myself for the prospect of reaching double… Continue reading Vaseline
A Nation in Mourning?
Well, this is new! Prince Philip in his youth as part of the country's longest running soap opera! (Image taken from HarpersBazaar.com) I was in the kitchen for half an hour earlier, preparing the sauce for a lamb curry I’m making tomorrow, and I put BBC 6Music on the radio for some random Indie tunes… Continue reading A Nation in Mourning?
The Thursday Murder Club – Richard Osman
I have to say straight off that I’m not normally one for reading Crime Thrillers as a genre. But this was a well-publicised book by Richard Osman, who is quite famous in the UK for other things and, well, it was in the house. Was it really that 'Gripping'? Anne read this before me, as… Continue reading The Thursday Murder Club – Richard Osman
Short Summers, Short Beers and Zimmer Frames
What a difference a day makes. 24 little hours between yesterday’s gasping effort and today’s canter. I ran for longer and I was quicker with very little effort, all because of a mere 10 degree (Celsius) drop in the temperature! Last drips of the heat wave. This ice-cream may have been abandoned because our three… Continue reading Short Summers, Short Beers and Zimmer Frames
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