Since I signed up to the Edinburgh Marathon, people have been very generous with tips and suggestions, not to mention remarks like ‘why?’. Check out these useful running map sites like Gmaps Pedometer which allows you to to map out your run on Google Maps and gives you the distance of your trek (in miles), [...]
It’s not just the old bay window, you can tell that Mr Lock the Hatter has been there for ages by the door – sturdy and rounded by time, it’s as weathered and venerable a door as you you’ll ever see in London. Lock & Co have been selling hats from their St James Street [...]
It’s definitely more atmospheric, but is this new found murk a health and safety risk? A grainy, yellowy light struggles to fill the corner of the room, but I suppose at least these new lightbulbs save energy. Not only should these bulbs save money and reduce consumption of our finite natural resources, but I didn’t [...]
In December my application to run in the London Marathon was turned down, but in the dreaded rejection envelope another slip lurked. This other piece of paper guaranteed me a place in the Edinburgh Marathon. Thank goodness, here was a chance to trudge myself into the ground without the one in eight chance of getting [...]
