Any of you chaps run the NYC marathon at the weekend?
My wife ran it and I was supporting at just before mile 7 in Brooklyn wearing my pink Brighton training top.
Absolutely made my day when I heard a couple of runners shouting ‘seagulls’ as they ran past.
Was an amazing trip to NYC and I...
Must be a sign of my increasing age that I didn’t see that sign at all.
Probably also didn’t help that I was about 5 mins late for the start so I was on a mission!
Me and my son went to the Top House pub in Burgess Hill to watch the Arsenal game earlier this month.
Didn’t even occur to me (or my son who drove over in his own car too) that you had to pay to park in the pub car park.
First I heard of it was when 2 parking fines dropped through the...
I’ll throw my tuppence into the pot….
So, I have been in the North stand (nearly under the security box but a little further towards the goal) for the past 4 seasons. Always enjoyed the atmosphere and felt that at most times, it was loud enough.
This season I moved (for various reasons) to the...
Congratulations! A lovely place to get married.
A wedding party turned up on a boat at Pallas Beach earlier. Is that you guys?
Lindos is quite the place to eat and drink. I don’t think I’ve ever visited a place with such a high density of restaurants and bars.
Today marks the end of my dry year. I had to rethink and recalibrate my relationship to alcohol and as I was turning 50 I decided to challenge myself to one year without a drink.
I’ve lost 12kg in weight (nearly 2 stone) and managed to get new PBs in every length of run I entered. Even knocking...
Think of the song ‘Winds of Change’ by the Scorpions :
Take me,
To the magic of the moment
On a glory night
I heard Fabian hur-ze-ler say
He’s off to Palace away