Nathaniel Dye

What doesn’t kill you - makes you stronger.  Apparently. I reminded myself of this as an unforecast deluge took hold of my local meadow and I squelched through a fairly torrid five miles …
‘Look around at how lucky you are to be alive right now…Look at where you are, look at where you startedThe fact that you’re alive is a miracleTo stay alive, that should be enough’ - Another bit off o…
The heady days of boat life had to come to an end eventually and after pacing Andrew to a glorious 10k PB and a bit more wandering around ‘Yacht-land’ it was time to fly home.  I’ll admit to…
I didn’t go to Ibiza to ‘live it large’.  If large means the kind of nightlife I’d have to be dragged to, a half measure is fine for me in so many ways.  Plus if you’re living on a…
From Eastbourne, I boarded a London bound train, but it would take me ten days to reach the city.  Because on the way, I got off at Gatwick Airport and boarded a flight to Ibiza.  Ok - this wasn’t qui…
A few months ago, over chemo but before surgery, I wanted something to look forward to.  I didn’t really have anything, as at that point, I was staring down the barrel of at least four rounds of the s…
Alexander Hamilton was supposedly asked (according to the musical, anyway) ‘Why do you write like you’re running out of time?’.  Ok I don’t know much about duelling or constitutional law, bu…
On Friday, I went for a run.  In the rain.  When I didn’t have to.  Yes - I know I didn’t have to.  Sure - I questioned my sanity too.  But I had to.&…
A while back, I wrote about being robbed of my future and not being able to plan ahead.  Well now, to an extent, I can.  The appointment with my oncologist didn’t start promisingly…
When compared to the start of the week, Wednesday was relatively unremarkable, but given the months of almost unrelenting suffering, easily made the top five of the year to date. Having forgotten w…