The mud in Goodwood

The sculptures are all for sale, but with prices up to £290,000 it’s fun to just look!

Fencing in shorts

Not exactly what I had in mind for the day, but at least the legs came out as promised!

Short d-run-ken

I remember some time ago Nick mentioning to me about running after a few beers before and I also remember reminding myself not to try it myself

More mud!

A short run this morning for two tired blokes

All mud and no running

I can tell you first hand that the streets of Kensington & Chelsea are cared for in a way that puts other councils to shame, with perfectly paved, level sidewalks, motorway standard tarmacking and regularly cleaned gutters. Outside of the garden squares and patio pots, mud does not feature widely.

Up memory hill

I only discovered the main bridle-path down the Beacon last year and it’s still a thrill to run down, although today it was slippery enough for me to recall passages from Richard Askwith’s earlier book, Feet in the Clouds about the completely balmy sport of fell running.

Cars or cards?

The run didn’t clear my headache and neither has the writing, so I may just have to go and catch forty winks on the spare bed!

Message for Daren

Dai and I set the world to rights today with a bottle of Merlot over lunch and a relaxed stroll along Brighton seafront on a gloriously sunny day. 

If anyone is wondering why the English have a reputation for talking about the weather, last week was gorgeous, there were floods on Saturday, two inches of snow [...]

Monday morning exercise

After the snow and freezing temperatures on Sunday, I was back helping my friend John with the base for his new garden shed on Monday, pictured after the first load and again after the second – or should that be the 5th and 6th as Nick & I helped him in with the 3rd & [...]

Do you really think I would go running in weather like this?

Are you crazy?