Getting better every day

Three years ago today, the bride wore…

(Adidas Superstars, in ivory, for those really interested).
Our wedding day was fantastic.
In so many ways the last three years have flown by and yet that day in the Cotswolds seems a long time ago now.
Our third wedding anniversary has not gone according to plan – a broken tap and a [...]

Not willing to be a bloke in a bubble

Here’s a question for a dreary, rain-soaked summer afternoon – what happens when a carer gets swine flu?
Prompted by a tweet from @carersdirect about the need for carers to have a plan of action in place, ready to roll at a moment’s service, I figured I’d share a few thoughts.
Rachel and I have already discussed what [...]

The wheels on my bike still go round and round

So Plan B for the Minutes Not Money challenge is about to swing into action.
Actually, it is more like Plan D…or even F…but no matter. Like every good tortoise, I’ll get there eventually.
Unfortunately Plan A proved too much to handle.
But I was determined to complete some sort of challenge in 2009 and more importantly not let [...]

Coulda, shoulda, woulda…

The plan was that by now the rack would have been put on the back of the car, the bike fixed upon it, and I would be packing my various bags for the drive north and the C2C Challenge.
Instead, I’m lounging with my wife wondering about the “what ifs” and “maybes”.
Don’t get me wrong, the [...]

Catching up

It has been a while since I wrote on here.
A simple update since my last post about pulling out of this weekend’s C2C Challenge would read – “stressing, sleeping, smiling”.
The stressing was based around a launch event I was organising in London (which went ahead last week on one of the hottest days of the [...]