History I stopped enjoying history lessons when the lessons stopped being about people. Well, my GCSE and A-Level teacher didn’t help matters either, but a subject that had hitherto fascinated me suddenly became inexplicably boring and I stopped working. It’s …
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Elegance Some people have it. I do not. I think I ended up twice in the queue for “forgets names, addresses and birthdays”. Energy None today. Late night, early start, culmination of a long week. The dog’s officially fed up …
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I was feeling a bit restless the other day, so took myself off for a bike ride in the sun. Planning a route beforehand, I discarded several possibilities: too short, too complicated, been there before… Out of the corner of …
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I’ve had two encounters of the spiky kind in the last year. The most recent, smiling away in the photo, came to me from the lovely Nicky over at Colour it Green, who ran a give-away comp on her blog. …
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I hit a cycling milestone yesterday: my first fifty miler. And by the end, I felt every yard. There’s no way I would have gone that distance on my own, so I’ve got the cycling club to thank / blame …
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It’s been raining all day. Dog and I have just been for a walk round the orchards. It’s very wet out there. I felt like a fool, wearing shorts and my waterproof jacket with the hood up and wellies without …
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I am, as they say, plodding on, putting one foot in front of t’other and generally Getting On With Things. One such Thing is joining a cycling club. Well, I will join if this Saturday’s ride goes well. Um, what …
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This morning, I found myself really missing the little black and white terror who made life so complicated with her stubborn ways and fiercely independent attitude (who can forget her two week “holiday” last spring?!). It’s vaguely shy of a …
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This photo makes me smile. As my friend Ally would say, for today, that is all.