Author: mimi

Good grief where has the time gone!  Wayward Daughter No 1 gets married tomorrow so as you can imagine it is all systems go in the Anderson household.  I have been running around like a headless chicken and really wasn't worth being around on Wednesday; I would find myself bursting...

Wow I had a fantastic birthday weekend.  On the day of my birthday myself and HWMBO went down to Walmer where we stayed with great friends, went out to dinner and finished the evening sitting in their hot tub in the garden, nothing like a bit of skinny dipping when...

Growing old is a fact of life, however that doesn't always make it easier when you look at yourself in the mirror and staring back at you is a face with wrinkles, greying hair (which I spend a fortune on having put back to its natural colour) and everything appears...

If there is a positive about not being able to run it has to be that HWMBO is delighted with my domestic activities.  The painting continues with vigour having completed Harri's room and the hallway downstairs I have now done the landing and bathroom - feeling very proud of myself,...

I was a bit of a silly billy this week.  I'm usually very good when it comes to injuries, I listen to by body and go back when I know everything is OK, so why in heavens name I didn't listen this time I will never know.  Having done a...

What a glorious, marvellous weekend I have had.  Its not often that I have the opportunity to go and help out at a race, because I'm away from my family so often that to add another weekend really is taking the michael! However, last weekend I knew that HWMBO was fishing...

STOP PRESS! Here is an amazing opportunity to take part in a unique race.  The Grand to Grand Ultra (or G2G) is the first Self Supporting staged foot race in North America; 257km over 6 days. It is the first stage race to start from the awe inspiring north rim of the...

HWMBO and I are now up in rainy Scotland  preparing for the WHW race which starts on Saturday 23rd at 1am. The trip up was great spending a night with The Old bag who as always was on very good form.  Thursday morning I work up feeling very nervous and totally...

Having recovered well and quickly from the Jungle Ultra I'm now madly rushing around trying to sort my kit out for the WHW race next weekend.  Just when I needed my printer to do some work it decided that it didn't like being linked with my computer - how rude!!...