I am a sucker for gimmicks. Top of my Christmas list this year was a set of ‘Smellwells’ inserts for…
This week I have been mostly worrying about my midlife crisis. Specifically: where is it? I am 42 and have…
I’ve just spent the last 25 minutes flicking through fitness magazines at the WH Smith at Edinburgh train station. I’m…
It’s October, so we’re back into the swing of things with the school run – or rather cycle. Our…
The loch swim last month seems to have (re?) awoken the athlete in me. Or perhaps the water was heavily…
I love open water swimming. So much so, that I live five minutes’ walk from the beach so I can…
So, it’s not coming home, then. That is football isn’t (to those who haven’t followed England’s “brave” lions, and to…
We’ve signed up to the plastic-free pledge. Throughout July we need to avoid single use plastics – the packaging used…
I’m sitting outside a café on Cumbrae, a tiny island off Scotland’s west coast. The intention is to spend the…
My wife fell asleep in the car when she was supposed to be helping me at T1 during Celtman. Perhaps…
Last week I turned 40. Yes, I know, hard paper round you might say (or more specifically: two children, too…
Spectacles. Testicles. Wallet. And watch. That gets me out of the door each morning. But not for long –…
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Dr Garry Palmer’s blog for The Draft, ‘Is The Coffee Stop Killing Your Ride?‘, created a bit of a social…