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It really is for the best that I’m retiring this summer.  Because the demands of having cancer have crept up on me to the point that it really is a full time job. If you haven’t seen me f…
How many swallows does it take to make a summer?How many rough days on end does it take to establish a predictable pattern?At what point is it (un)safe to assume that I’ve entered that final period of…
Yes…Ok…I admit it… It has been a very long time since I last cast my fingers over a keyboard with the aim of expressing my thoughts in flowery first-person blog form.  And yes - it does a…
227.7k along the Great Glen Way and West Highland Way Week two started with a three mile trudge out of Inverness. One local told me all the villages are dying out due to the increasing sprawl of th…
226.7k (mostly) along the John O’Groats Trail Well that was quite a week! It was immediately preceded by a rather unusual prologue in the form of a drinks reception at the DFE to meet (no longer sh…
Ok - I’ve not gone on full Captain Oates - I do intend to return.  But I’m off for a long walk to clear my head and it’ll take me 2 months.  It’s been heavily trailed, but in case …
As I write this on a lazy summer’s afternoon, I’m trying to relax, take the weight off my feet and definitely not go anywhere.  That’s because after my minor op on Tuesday, it hurts to breat…
Around half of those diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer end up dead within a year.  But you can take today’s blog as proof that I’m not - isn’t that wonderful!  And it gets better…
I thought the media momentum might continue after my London Marathon triumph, but it completely disappeared.  I suppose that’s the nature of the news cycle - on to the next ‘inspirational’ s…
I’m not sure whether to call this a race report or concert review but here goes! It’s strange what a person can get used to. Pre-diagnosis, I found a way to normalise an alarming frequency of to…
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