Life punctures my bike challenge

I am extremely sad to say I won’t be taking part in the C2C Challenge next month.
The plan was to take on the 140-mile, two day ride along one of the most challenging routes in the UK.
The deal was, I do the ride and you donate 10 minutes of your time to help me raise [...]

Two wheels or not two wheels…?

Another week, another national event to support.
This time it is National Bike Week, a celebration of all things two wheels.
It is a week to inspire those who have forgotten what fun they used to have on a bike.
And having spent a lot of time sitting on my bike over the last few months I can [...]

How much do you care this week?

Facts and figures, don’t you just love ‘em?
In this fast-paced world when the soundbite is everything, here’s a few little numbers to consider:

There are almost six million carers in the UK.
One in eight adults in the UK is a carer.
3. 3 million people juggle work with caring responsibilities for a disabled, ill or frail relative [...]

Life is like a box of chocolates for The Apprentice

Oh, is that it?
It is all done and dusted on The Apprentice for another year.
Sir Alan has got his new £100,000-a-year dynamo and we can all sleep a little easier in our beds.
But where were the fireworks? What happened to the entertainment?
I found last night’s finale a bit like the whole series – underwhelming.
The big [...]

Rain + Bike = fun?

With a little over a month to go before I take on the C2C Challenge, training is still going well.
With both National Carers Week and National Bike Week now almost upon us, I’ll be adding a few more regular updates here and on the Facebook group page about how those who have generously offered their [...]

Fright night on The Apprentice

Every series we go through the same torture on The Apprentice.
We have to endure weeks of mind-numbing idiocy from the wannabes and then in the final two weeks we finally get something close to reality.
The interview week is arguably the best of the series. Although still an artificial scenario, at least we start to see [...]

Britain has got a talent…

Further confirmation – if any were needed – has come in the last week or so about our ability to ignore the important issue and focus on the meaningless.
In one breath we are told the public is getting bored with the on-going revelations about how our MPs have been joyously playing the expenses game in [...]