Pizza and Pals
David's sister comes round to say goodbye but there's no time for tears, I'm off for my last sprint around South Shields. I decide to live dangerously and run without a hoody and without David's [Read More]
The Six Month Marker
It's the six month marker today! Six months ago I had my total thyroidectomy to try to beat thyroid cancer and this morning I celebrate by braving the British elements and pounding the pavement. It's [Read More]
Retail and Relatives
Hooray it's shopping day! If I want to hit the shops early, I have to get up early, I've got my daily 5km to run. I have no sense of direction but, lucky for me, David has left step by step, street [Read More]
Football Fun with Friends
I sleep like a baby until 10am and am pretty perky considering the amount of gin and tonic consumed last night! David and I amaze ourselves and drag ourselves out for a run. Hooray! I've clocked up [Read More]
So long Lincoln! Hello Newcastle!
It's really quite an effort to get out of bed this morning. I sleep like a log and wake up with proper brain fog. My mum has pulled out all the stops for breakfast and has prepared a fabulous fruit [Read More]
A British Bake-a-Thon
Another lazy morning and the sun is shining so I take advantage of the situation and go out for a run. I don't know what we do this morning but the time flies by and before we know it it's lunchtime! [Read More]
Sub Zero to Sun
Hooray! The sun has got his hat on and he's out to play. It feels freezing but it looks sunny, so I'll settle for that. I take advantage of the dry weather and head out for a trot round the block. It [Read More]
Pyjama Princess
The weather is wild! It's blowing a gale, raining cats and dogs and it's freezing! I'm counting us lucky, there's blizzards in some parts! In England, they call this season Spring. Go figure! Poor [Read More]
Fun in Robin Hood Country
After a busy morning at mother's we head off on a little adventure across the county to Nottingham, home of Robin Hood and also home to Linda and Geoff, our surrogate parents. Linda was the teacher [Read More]
Robin Hood Revisited
We have a lovely long lie in and a bacon butty breakfast at Linda and Geoff's. After a belly full of bread and bacon and a serious caffeine fix, Linda takes us on a scenic tour of [Read More]
