Life
Articles about Life. That’s running and other life-y things.
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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. -
Weeknotes 25
20 July 2018
Web design and development, Squarespace, and running the Wakehurst Willow 8k. -
Weeknotes 24 - Cycling Weekend
11 July 2018
I've been away with friends on a cycling weekend in Essex. Well, Essex, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire in fact! -
Weeknotes 23 - Happy Birthday to Me!
25 June 2018
Last week, my coworking friends Matt and Roger and my sister Lynette and a few other friends organised a surprise birthday party for me. -
Weeknotes 21
05 June 2018
I entered the ballot for the next few shows of Later with Jools not really expecting to get tickets because the ballot is very, very popular. Amazingly, I found out last week that I have got tickets for this week's show. How lucky is that? -
Weeknotes 20
30 May 2018
This week, I've been decluttering my house and, in some ways, my life. It's been quite therapeutic. -
Weeknotes 18 - Run Gatwick Half Marathon
14 May 2018
Another post about running this week. It's taken over my life a bit at the moment. This time, all about running the first Run Gatwick Half Marathon. -
Weeknotes 17
07 May 2018
The week, I've been out running in Hayward's Heath on a hot May day. And I'm assessing a couple of new (for me) website content management systems (CMS). -
Weeknotes 15 - Volunteering at the London Marathon
24 April 2018
I've never run a marathon and, apart from TV watching, haven't experienced race day at a big event like the London Marathon. So, it was with excitement and a few nerves that I travelled up to Blackheath at 5am on Sunday to help out on the big day. -
Weeknotes 14 - A few thoughts about running a marathon
16 April 2018
Following the progress of runners in Brighton Marathon and wondering if I should enter a marathon. -
Weeknotes 13
09 April 2018
Out and about this week. Running, Pilates and local brewery Pub Night. -
Weeknotes 10 - Sleeping Rough for a Good Cause
20 March 2018
On Friday last week, three of us from Horsham Coworking (and our pal Davey Pearson) slept rough to raise money for YMCA DownsLink Group, which helps young people and homelessness. The event was YMCA Sleep Easy 2018. It was quite an experience. -
Weeknotes 6 - Worthing Half Marathon
18 February 2018
A new personal best for me this week. I ran the Worthing Half Marathon in 1:54:08 (chip time) which was a massive half marathon PB ..... by 15 seconds. But, 15 seconds is still a PB! -
Weeknotes 5 - Italy!
12 February 2018
Just one subject for my weeknotes post today. A trip to Italy last weekend to meet with friends and watch Italy v England in the rugby Six Nations Championship. It's a trip I make every two years because that's when England play in Rome. -
Weeknotes 4
01 February 2018
In this weeknotes post, I talk about freelancing business and referrals, the Perchology newsletter, and Horsham Coworking where a spare room and banners have produced some surprising results. -
Weeknotes 3
27 January 2018
My third weeknotes post describes recent running adventures, my work updating a Perch CMS site, and personal finance. Quite a mixture! -
Running faster at the Itchingfield Time Trial
14 June 2017
Yesterday evening, was the normal Tuesday run with Horsham Joggers. It was the second Itchingfield Time Trial of the year. There's a club prize for the runner who improves their time the most. -
Running. It's all in the mind
22 May 2017
I ran a 10 km race at the weekend and was a bit disappointed with my time. Afterwards, I realised that I need to think more positively during a race. -
University reunion
10 May 2017
I visited Bath last weekend for the University's 50th Birthday celebrations. I studied Chemistry in the 1980s and, although I have visited since, it's been a a few years (five?) since my last trip. My visit was a mix of familiarity, memories, new things and old friends. -
Inspirational parkrun
24 April 2017
Parkrun is an inspiration. Run, walk or jog. Everyone can take part. Here are three moments from last weekend's Horsham parkrun that illustrate that and show how everyone gets involved. -
Getting my photography mojo back
14 April 2017
I've not take any photos with my 'proper' camera (a Sony A6000) for ages. It's a great camera that is more than sufficient for my photographic talents but I became less interested and fell out of the photography habit. I'm hoping to get it back though and here's a start. -
CSS Grid Layout is a new way of thinking
13 April 2017
Grid Layout is a very powerful layout method. It's a new way of thinking for me. And, it's very exciting! -
I went out for a long Sunday run
09 April 2017
Today's run near Horsham, via the quiet village of Mannings Heath and Hammerpond Lane, was nearly 10 miles. Good training for me for an upcoming race. -
Here's what I've done today
08 April 2017
Today, I've cycled a couple of miles to and from Horsham Park, run 3 miles (5 km) at Horsham parkrun, visited a local brewery to buy some beer, and shopped at the local supermarket. See, I told you it was exciting ;-) -
Testing, testing and some more testing
06 April 2017
Here's what I've done so far to test my site's performance. It's looking good but I ned to address a couple of issues at the next stage. -
30 Day Writing Challenge
02 April 2017
Setting some objectives and describing how I will tackle the Challenge. The tools I'm using and my expectations.