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Mother Hen: A Child of the Thirties
29 November 2022
My Mum, Brenda Walker, died in 2020 from COVID-19 and frailty. We knew that she had written about her childhood growing up before and during the Second World War and always wrote poetry during her life - but it was still a bit of a surprise when my sister, Lynette Coates, found Mum's memoir and poetry in a box in her bedroom. -
Notes 1/22
23 January 2022
A few thoughts about working with Perch CMS and why I will be moving to a different system. -
Running My First Marathon
15 September 2021
Well, that was a massive day for me. Running my first marathon at Brighton on Sunday 12th September. How was it?! -
Long Runs Done!
29 August 2021
Well, that's it. I've completed my programme of long runs before the Brighton Marathon in two weeks time. I'm pleased to finish them! How have they been? -
Marathon Training
19 August 2021
Yep, I'm training for a marathon. It's a 16-week plan which will culminate in running (and hopefully finishing) the Brighton Marathon (my first marathon) on 12th September. It's been an all-encompassing few months! -
Notes 1/21
23 March 2021
Here are some notes about recent work and web development things. I've not written a post like this for a while and I don't know if I will continue. As a result, I'm not calling these posts "Weeknotes" or "Month Notes" but just "Notes". It's a cunning plan, I think you will agree :-) -
Running Up That Hill
10 March 2021
Running Up That Hill is a book by Vassos Alexander (a British sports reporter and endurance runner) where he describes his ultra-running adventures. Here's my review. -
I have a PhD in Chemistry
19 January 2021
These days, I work with websites but before that I studied chemistry and worked in the pharmaceutical industry for many years. In fact, I have a PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Bath. -
Simplifying
29 December 2020
At the end of what has been a very difficult year, I've been reviewing a few web development and work things ... -
Running Challenge Done!
04 December 2020
I took part in the Centurion Running One Community Challenge at the end of November. My target was to run 50 km. My plan was to run it over a week. -
Running Challenge
20 November 2020
We're still in COVID-19 November lockdown and I've not run in a race since last year. For added motivation as we reach the end of this second lockdown period (I hope), I have signed up for the Centurion Running One Community event. I have chosen to run 50 km in a week. Next week! -
Things You Might Not Know About Me: 1 - Australia
11 November 2020
My parents emigrated to Australia (under the Ten Pound Poms scheme) when I was nine years old. We travelled to Perth, Western Australia, by ship. It took about a month to get there!
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