Shopping and Champers
I wake up much earlier than necessary and decide to put the time to good use and go out for a run. It's a 4km piddler but just enough to stretch my legs, break a sweat and kill a few [Read More]
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]
Lemon Drizzle Cake
Just type "lemon" in the search box and you'll see just how much I love lemons. I love them a lot. A whole lot. I love baking with them too, so when life and/or my lovely neighbours give me lemons [Read More]
Banana and Carrot Cake
If a Banana Cake and a Carrot Cake had a cake baby - this would be it. This bake combines two of my favourite cakes - banana and carrot - and includes both fruit and veggies which in my opinion, [Read More]
Gluten-Free Lemon Drizzle Cake
Mashed potato is the secret hero of this gluten free cake! It's marvellously moist and lovely and lemony. I first saw the Thermomix at my friend Kathy's demo and it was love at first sight! I went [Read More]
