Ramblings of Doug

We had a funny conversation while driving along. It was if I were Prime Minister for a day - what would I do.  I thought it could be fun to...

Early in the year we had a little holiday - Barcelona in February!   February is, in my view, the most difficult, drab, dull month of...

My apologies for neglecting my blog a little lately.  Here's a few things keeping me well occupied: Work My work in the criminal just...

February has just rushed by so quickly and I'm sorry I haven't been updating my blog so much.  Plenty has been happening, includin...

This special form of motivation makes quite a difference in terms of my quest to eat well and stay fit and here's a quick run through of...

To sum up this run, it was a truly magical, inspirational and a fantastic way of rounding 2014 off. Bloggers, sporty types and the l...

You will have to take my word for it: the photo in this post is Hannah and myself.  Some might say it's badly exposed, technically po...

As I'm enjoying a week's annual leave from work, I have been able to have a run or a bike ride every day.  Unexpectedly I had TWO ru...

Okay so you have gathered by now I'm getting back into running more and really enjoying it.  Yesterday morning I had some time to think ...

I'm a bit "run down".  How do I know this?  Four reasons: I have a cold sore.  I can't remember having one like this b...

I love this time of year; May is my favourite month of the year.  Everything is new and looking bright for the summer months ahead.  Our d...

I know you will be understanding of me here; if you're a runner you might even go further and be sympathetic.  You see I've had a p...

This has been a great year for us as a family and also for me in trying to stay healthy.  Not much time left now before 2013 arrives and bef...

Me, on the high ropes at XC Hemel Hempstead This little outing took me by surprise.  It started with Hannah and Becky being booked in wh...

Rev William Cowherd This is a picture of Rev. William Cowherd who was an English priest and preached the message of vegetarian living be...

Very sorry for not blogging very much lately - usual work pressures.  Plus I think it's fair to say I've not been running or cycl...

Wow have I missed running this last week.  It's been one of those weeks when it just wasn't going to happen easily, what with it b...

Fancy dress and fun runs go together! Back in October we took part in a fun run.  It was actually the first time we'd done this toge...

Becky learning about handlebar moustaches The main bug-bear with Becky's bike, her Birthday Bike Project in the form of a vintage Ar...