This year, I conquered one of my biggest challenges ever. Oh here he goes….rattling on about the bloody Spine race again! Ha! Well, no actually. It’s not. It’s the end of a very tough week for a certain group of people. Namely – The Self-employed. Why? Because it’s Self-Assessment time. Tax return week! Some people […] More
Saturday night and my race drop bag and zip locked bags of varying sizes covering every single eventuality and stage of the race are scattered across the spare room. Some things, you simply MUST be prepared for and you can’t just wing it or hope for the best. I spend three hours of mass panic […] More
A lot of time has passed since I last did a blog post. TOO much time. I keep getting asked and encouraged to get back to it. There’s no real singular reason for my absence. My reasons/excuses and justifications are plentiful. But, the longer you leave something the worse it gets, the harder it is […] More
Today is Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday. Many families all over the world will be making successful (and calamitous) attempts to toss pancakes in the air, hoping for a perfect landing in the frying pan. Out will come the nutella, sugar, honey, syrup and everything else. But what’s it all about? Media and commercialism has […] More
Last week I posted on my Facebook page for Micky Pizza with my intentions on three locations for this coming week. Dufton – Monday. My own village of Kirkby Thore on Wednesday and lastly, what always seems to me as being a slightly scary and bold effort, Ambleside on Saturday. This year has started a […] More
Hello again. I hope everyone reading this, had a great time with their loved ones, or found their peace in solitude or enjoyed helping others if they had to work that day! Christmastime this year has been a bit of a funny one for me. This year I decided to NOT run away and actually […] More
Something I have been putting off for a while now, is digging up the horrible truths of how my December of 2022 went…. It wasn’t great. I was very VERY low. No motivation, no ambition, lonely, unproductive and I was constantly late. Late for work, pizza commitments, friends, bedtimes. The works. December isn’t usually a […] More