Journal
Postcard #7 Bournemouth
My seventh postcard from my Run the UK Challenge.I've arrived in Bournemouth. I once came here for the day to attend a conference. It took me three hours to get there and three back and I was still castigated for my lack of commitment. Here's a bit about Bournemouth....
Postcard #6 Durdle Door
My sixth postcard from my Run the UK Challenge.I'm busy running through Dorset and it appears that I've now run 20% of my distance between Lands End and John O' Groats. The Conqueror have planted a tree on my behalf, which is nice. Here's a bit about Durdle Door,...
Skin deep
Today I am featuring a post from Eliza, an artwork that reflects her thoughts on misogyny and sexism, particularly in the light of the murder of Sarah Everard as she walked home from a friend's house in Clapham two weeks ago. A police officer has been accused of her...
Snippets
I have snippets. Today's post is a sort of digest of these.#NotAll... I wanted to say something in response to the justifiable outrage at the victim blaming surrounding the appalling case of Sarah Everard, abducted by a police officer while walking home in Clapham...
Stop the screaming
This is emphatically NOT a post about transphobia vs erasing women's lived experience. That would be for another post and I am in no way sufficiently experienced or qualified to comment on that. I am not, however, a transphobe. Nor am I a bigot.Having witnessed an...
Two years
Reflections on the second anniversary of my mother's death.Today marks two years since my mum died. I feel I should mark it as, two weeks ago, I quietly marked two years since the last time I saw mum alive, her toothless grin shining through from her immobilising...
The pet physiotherapist visits
Yesterday Oscar had a visit from the team at Paws in Motion, Pet Physiotherapists and Chiropractors to see whether they can help with the obvious pain and weakness in his hind paws.I am quite accustomed to being mocked for the way I treat my dogs as part of my family,...
Postcard #5 Plymouth
My fifth postcard from my Run the UK Challenge.Today, finally, I have arrived in Devon, home to many of my friends. (Disregard the date on this postcard please. Wishful thinking.) I never know: is it cream or jam on the scone first? It's taken me over a month to run...