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My working career spans the Royal Navy, a spell as a dairyman in the Highlands of Scotland, many years in military survey in the British Army, and a fourth career in Information Technology. I have recently become a budding author. See more...-
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Tag Archives: running
Unwavering Determination
Link to original article: Unwavering Determination I am very happy to post this inspirational article about, and by, my friend, Matt Lane, whom I greatly admire. Matt Lane is a parkrun stalwart having clocked up over 500 events. After a … Continue reading
Posted in Running
Tagged 500 club, andover, andoverparkrun, Basingstoke, bushy park, challenge, community, determination, eastleigh, inspirational, matt lane, multiple schlerosis, overcoming difficulty, parkrun, running, swindon, wimbledon
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Time for a Comeback
It is time to drag myself back to my true passions: writing and running. I am inspired by this excellent article from Wild Words by Bridget Holding. My personal approaches are: Writing: Write something every day even if it is … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Writing
Tagged bridget holding, comeback, procrastination, running, wild words, writing
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2019 New Year Resolutions
2018 was my Annus Horribilis! For Her Majesty, it was 1992. For Lance it was 2018. It was a year in which I failed completely to achieve ANY of my New Year Resolutions. Here’s a reminder of what they were. … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, resolutions
Tagged 2018, 2019, ageism, blogging, employment, failure, fitness, job, new year, resolutions, running, sucess, swanwick, website, weight, writing
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Two-Five-Oh!
It was a proud day for me when I completed my 250th parkrun recently with my friend, Matt Jeffery, passing the same milestone alongside me. We had a lot of fun, turning the TV advert 118-118 advert pair into our … Continue reading
2018 New Year Resolutions
Once again, I failed on my resolutions for the past year! Here’s a little reminder. Well, I only kind of failed. I wrote the first draft of a new novel during NaNoWriMo 2017. It is called “Rocky Scrapes”. In brief, … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, resolutions
Tagged 2018, blogging, employment, empowerment, failure, fitness, novel, parkrun, resolutions, running, success, support, writing
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Links Between Walking and Writing
Original article written by Kathryn Aalto for Swanwick Standard, August 2017 edition What is it about walking and running that makes it so satisfying to thinking and writing? Since at least Greek philosophers, writers have discovered a deep connection between … Continue reading
A Parkrunner Abroad
Originally posted on The Running Princess:
One of the brilliant things about parkrun is that when you travel, certainly within the UK, you should be able to find an event near you and be welcomed to run. There aren’t so…
#weekendcoffeeshare: It’s been a mixed week
T I am delighted to be able to invite you to join me for coffee in my kitchen in the brand new virtual home of Nerd in the Brain. We must all thank Emily for taking over the reins and … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, weekendcoffeeshare
Tagged Basingstoke, coffee, father, grandson, hockey, mental health, Portsmouth, running, Southsea, tea, weekendcoffeeshare, wine
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#weekendcoffeeshare: In which I remember my Mum
It was a novelty to spend a week in my home country after three weeks of travelling on business. I concede that a week in Naples, Florida, followed by a a week in Barcelona and then another week back in … Continue reading
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