I went for a run today. Any run that I do that is between 5-6 miles long I normally do along the canal, complete the Mile End Parkrun route, back along the canal, and then I make up whatever is left by…

This year’s Christmas wasn’t what everyone was hoping for. Coronavirus has done a number on the majority of us for the best part of the year, and then a week before the day we were all looking forward to we were told…

Have you ever noticed the amount of wooden pallets that are left discarded around your city or town on a daily basis? These cumbersome objects are normally left over from a large delivery (acting as the base) and because people find them…

The first thing I saw this morning was the hoopla that the new Sainsburys Christmas advert had created. It featured a black family singing a cheesy song about gravy and no white family in sight. Yep, that was enough to set off…

I was laying on the sofa when someone outside beeped their horn, it made the exact same noise as the horn of the ambulance that would drop my dad off from the hospital three times a week. The dog obviously remembered the…

Decorating has officially started. I have been threatening to do it for the last couple of years, but it didn’t feel right changing things in a flat that four years on I still look upon as Dad’s Flat. But I finally bit…

There are many things that I dislike about social media, but the one thing that is getting to me at the moment is the amount of people creating posts and tweets asking if anyone knows anybody who has died as a result…

Normally today will be a day for people to fear. Many will refuse to leave their house for fear of what bad luck may await them outside their house/flat (although bad luck can also happen in your own home – they haven’t…

The #30DayWorkoutChallenge is really starting to take its toll on my poor legs. Between the squats, lunges, planks, wall sits, the running I do, and the amount of walking at work, I don’t think they know what has hit them lately. I…

I came into work tonight to be told by the site manager that a group of travellers had moved onto TGI Friday’s car park next door. Apparently they had been yelling insults at the pupils, staff and caretakers all day and that…