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Clare and James
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With a lot of hobbies, there’s always the bit that’s the chore. Maybe washing your brushes if you’re painting, figuring out code if you’re blogging, weighing the ingredients if you’re baking (endless washing if you’re running?). With...
It was ~2 years ago that we started this blog as a way to share long-form musings or the simple stuff going on on our lives with, well, with anyone who wanted to read it. Then, ~2 months ago, coffeenow also joined the fediverse and now...
Ok, so for those who don’t know, the London marathon didn’t happen for me this year. I think I’ve always been clear that there was a bit of an ‘if’ getting to the start line. When you are pushing yourself doing runs that are that far,...
I decided to enter the Sandy 10 this year after learning that it was the 40th anniversary of this race and realising that I had run the 30th anniversary race, which I think was my very first race as a member of NHRR…
It’s January. And, for a lot of people, at this time of year, there’s a renewed focus on fitness goals. This isn’t quite the case for me, as I’ve been training for the three-year marathon (yep, still plan to do it, injury excepting)...
When there’s a big banner for a 10 km race staring at you if you glance out of your office window, it does seem rude not to enter. Mind, this was back pre-pandemic in 2019, not long after I learnt I’d got a 2020 London marathon ballot...
Amongst the hasty planning of our wedding, it occurred to us that I could provide a musical interlude on the tin whistle that I’ve been learning to play over the last 18 months or so. I was initially a bit hesitant about this (can we say...
Where were we; oh yes, we were eloping to Scotland. Wow. It’s still a little scary to think it. And it’s getting even harder to write about. But here’s part two of the ‘haste to the wedding’ story, from leaving home until the end of the...
Well, the secret is out now, after being together 20 years, James and I eloped for a late-summer wedding overlooking the gorgeous Loch Lomond. And as we’ve been asked a few times what prompted this, a blog post seems in order. However,...
I’m writing this on ‘National Cream Tea Day’ not long after I succumbed to scone fever with two recent events requiring the baking of scones. However, it’s not me doing the baking - James is the one who’s rather good at scones - so much...
This blog uses a fair few icons, such as the icons in the menu. Until today, these had been placed using a font kit from Font Awesome, which worked by using JavaScript to replace tags with the appropriate icon from their library....
It was great news when I heard that the club had arranged for us to take part in the Herts Sunday cross country league, the winter sister competition to our usual summer interclub competition. As I prepared, I was very pleased to find...
For the past year, I’ve been learning to play the tin whistle from a starting point of very little musical experience. I’m hoping to write more about that process in a future post, but here I’m focusing on my most recent efforts...
It’s long past stir-up Sunday but not long past when a blog post on the family Christmas pudding recipe seems a good idea…
I do love a good kebab - one place I lived even had a fabulous kebab van complete with its own fresh tabbouleh. A staple of the takeaway kebab is also a pickled chilli; I wouldn’t dream of picking it out to throw away…