Life & Leisure
This is the collection of all the other stories I wanted to share, covering family, love and loss and many things in-between!
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Things I’ve learnt about dating the second time around
Author note: No real dates have been harmed in the writing of this blog 😉 So once over the initial shock of finding the rules of engagement in dating had changed – I was delighted to have a co-conspirator. Many a time in the last couple of years I have…
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My 13 mile trip down Memory Lane…
I run the Selsdon half marathon because the entire route takes in my childhood. Just getting to the starting point travelling down Addington Road I pass the house where my best friend at Primary School, Samantha Larkin, lived. I remember we would meet in our roller-boots, mine blue with a…
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Eulogy of a great woman – Irene, my Grandmother
This is the eulogy I prepared and delivered for my Grandmother Irene’s memorial service held in November 2014. She had recently passed away aged 94. My Grandmother, Irene, was described by my brother Jason as an ‘old school Londoner who always knew her neighbours and helped them out’. I remember…
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Rachel learns to ski (sort of…)
A trip to Seattle to spend time my brother and his family provided the perfect opportunity for me to have my first ever skiing experience. After picking up a jacket and trousers for $50 at the local thrift store, we headed off to ‘Mini Mountain’ for a ski lesson. I…
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Why I run
Anyone that saw me on my weekly run yesterday may have mistaken me for someone with Tourette’s syndrome as I took to the odd ‘holler’ in time with the music, plus a few hand-claps and other rhythmic gestures. I have found that when I tell people about my new-found running…
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