A pared-down Christmas

A pared-down Christmas

A pared-down Christmas The first Christmas I have ever spent apart from all of my family and friends. Some time in late December 2020, the year when the world was left stunned by SARS Covid-19, I wailed in a tweet that I never wanted to be be this far away from home...
Postcard #22 – Hadrian’s Wall

Postcard #22 – Hadrian’s Wall

Postcard #22 – Hadrian’s Wall I had always thought that Hadrian’s Wall formed the border between England and Scotland but it turns out that that’s still a little way off. Just under a year after starting this challenge I find myself here at...
Postcard #21 – 60%

Postcard #21 – 60%

Postcard #21 – 60% I reached my latest milestone, 60% of my journey. Almost unnoticed, I passed the 60% mark of my run from one tip of the UK to the other in early December. Today, a week from the anniversary of me starting my run, I’m about 10% further...
Days 56 – 64 Vancouver

Days 56 – 64 Vancouver

Days 56 – 64 Vancouver [wpgmza id=”2″] Forgive this belated post, the last of my Canadian Gitiad travelogue. Due to a rescheduling of my original Canadian booking, I spent over a week in this charming city, but was overwhelmed by music practice on my...
Quarantine diary – Day 14

Quarantine diary – Day 14

Quarantine diary – Day 14 The final Q day has arrived. Isn’t it funny how things drag at the time but, when you look back you can scarcely imagine where the time went? So it was with being a parent of small children; so it has been with this year; so it is...