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9.5.2016 - Parkrun Centurion
Posted May 9, 2016
On Saturday I celebrated my 100th Parkrun! My father-in-law gave up celebrating his birthday in order to come down to commemorate my century for his first ever Parkrun, which he ran accompanied by my 8-year-old son who was doing his 3rd, and my 5-year-old daughter, who was doing her first. I thought she was a little too young to run 5k, but she didn't want to miss out.
So I ran round the course, which as Southampton's Parkrun was cancelled, had over a hundred more runners than normal. Before I'd completed my second of three laps I'd lapped my family and managed the grassy, hilly course in 24:05. Before I could celebrate the end result of 2 years' running in wind, rain, sleet, hail, snow, thunder and lightning on mud, grass, gravel, tarmac, concrete and black ice for 500k (over 300 miles) all across the country in Yorkshire, Wiltshire, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and relax, I turned back and ran on, looking for my family. Before I could find them I was asked to find a marshal, as another runner had fallen over, so back I ran to find someone, who I then took to the injured party before running on to find my family as they completed their second lap. I then ran with my son for a bit and then carried my daughter on my shoulders round for the last half-lap. Fortunately when we finished there was still 
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27.12.2015 - You Have No Power Over Me
Posted Dec 27, 2015
Drove oop north t'Leeds yesterday, only to have a power-cut for a good three hours all evening after the children had fallen asleep. Fortunately Father Christmas had given the kids 'Charades for Kids', and before you could say 'Whippets and Flat Caps' we had opened the box and were playing charades by candlelight, and only one Christmas decoration caught fire.
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15.12.2015 - There's Fireplace Like Home
Posted Dec 15, 2015
Back in October 2007 an electric fire built into a fireplace mantel in the lounge was the only source of heat in our flat. You could switch it on in the winter, off in the summer, put pictures on the mantel piece and have a fireguard surrounding it when having babies. For the following eight years and two months the fire loyally providing warmth and comfort when required. Then Sarah decided to despise and detest it – Hate!-Hate!-Hate! – with a loathing of the intensity normally directed at interfering Vice Chancellors.
She has now issued an ultimatum – the fireplace has to be gone by the end of the week, or there will be consequences. I'm not entirely sure what the consequences actually are, only that they promise to be:
a.) dire
and
b.) somehow my fault.
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1+.11.2015 - I'll Remember Remember to Write Daily in November
Posted Nov 1, 2015
What will I be going on about?
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9.5.2015 - Filling Every Unforgiving Minute
Posted Sep 5, 2015
In the last week of the summer holiday, we went to:
Bramley ParkrunPlanet Play Knutsford soft play centreAttended a 4-year-old's birthday partyBollington to visit friendsRoundhay Park, including a walk around the lakeA funfairYorkshire Wildlife ParkMonkey Play HouseMother Shipton's Cave (England's oldest tourist attraction)Knaresborough CastleThackray Medical MuseumSpent 2 days with my niece and a week with the in-lawsTong Gardens Adventure PlaygroundTemple NewsamTemple Newsam FarmOakwell Hall ParkrunLawn Road ParkEastleigh LibraryEastleigh Recreation Ground
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