Good news, we’re about to enter the summer season proper, so be sure you RUN FREE and make the most of the longest days we will see this year! Whether the good weather decides to remain delightful is yet to be seen though. Nevertheless, sunshine and warmth just make everything better. Don't they? Well nearly everything, I’ve found it makes training for an endurance event a little more difficult. Anyway, the trials and tribulations of that can wait until a little later.

Comparison Is the Thief of Joy. Supposedly. I guess it depends on what you’re comparing yourself to. There are reasons people are adamant you shouldn’t compare yourself to others. A main one is that it can take away the good feeling you might have about your own achievements. Quick example, this past Sunday I was out running, the session was designed for only a few hard miles of speedy effort. I returned home feeling good about my pace during the run only to then find myself

Happy Spring finally! Or is it? For those of you who believe in hibernating and cosying up through those dark winter hours the clocks have turned forward so you better start limbering up. Yes, I know you want more time to finish off the latest tv series you’ve been binge watching but barring those horrid rainy days that we get through the UK summer, it is time to start looking more towards outdoor activities. I’m talking more of those evening strolls, a dip or two in the s

Hello again! It's the shortest month of the year; this might end up being the shortest postcard of the year. I love February. Shrove Tuesday, for the pancakes obviously, Valentines Day, I can play all my favourite love songs, no one bats an eye, oh and my birthday happens to be towards the end of Feb. And this year it was a little bit of a scary one. Thankfully with much love and messages from family and close friends as well as being spoilt, I made it through (mostly unscath

Hello and happy new year from a blustery stretch of the Southwest Coastline. A couple of weeks in and we’ve had a rather violent storm turn our local BBC introducing show into weather watchers, one of my favourite music venues has sadly closed for good (shout out Coast Beach Bar Bude, it was one hell of a view) and a rather pesky sore throat had left me unable to sing comfortably. In my line of work that is rather problematic but despite this I managed to fulfil my gigging co