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My Wonderful Life: Stories
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My view is, that there is a story in most things, you just have to find it. I've had a full and varied life which has given me some great tales, and I love to tell them - to anyone who will listen. If I manage to make just one person reading my blogs, smile with my stupid antics, then the day has been a success. If you want a good yarn, then click on the 'stories' link in the side panel. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Follow this blog with bloglovin. Blogs trending this week. Ether...
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My Wonderful Life: Day 1 - Trans Scotland Canoe Challenge
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Monday, 9 April 2012. Day 1 - Trans Scotland Canoe Challenge. G reetings from Bonnie Scotland and day 1 of our trans Scotland canoe challenge (60 miles from Fort William to Inverness along the Caledonian Canal). The sun may have been shining then, but it's closed in now and mizzling. However, we are in a lovely B&B with tartan carpets, eating shortbread with the promise of a pub 5 mins walk away which has an extensive range of single malts. Here are a few pics from today - more anon x. I also write for.
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My Wonderful Life: Chorley Bucket
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The Sploshingly Good Adventures of Chorley Bucket is my children's blog that I publish every Friday. Chorley, is a nearly grown up kitten who is exploring this big new world for the first time - getting into lots of scrapes along the way. With a merry 'Harrow'. And with some 'pilchards and prunes'. His bucket is usually half full, rather than half empty. Chorley writing his blog. Click here to read The Sploshingly Good Adventures of Chorley Bucket. Every time he comes through the cat flap. Day 5 - Trans ...
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My Wonderful Life: Travel
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Travel is my passion. Not the 5* or all inclusive luxury kind, but the:. Go and learn all about and roll around in a new place - kind. Nothing makes me happier than arriving somewhere new - the sights, the smells, the adrenaline really make you feel like you're alive. I love to write about my travels, something funny always happens - to read my travel blogs click on 'travels' in the list on the side panel. Here are a few of my favourite travel pictures. Enjoy x. Sunset over the 12 Apostles, Australia.
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My Wonderful Life: The great fish finger sandwich debate
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Wednesday, 16 November 2011. The great fish finger sandwich debate. It's time for a change of pace and a little bit of nostalgic comfort. One woman's disaster it seems, is another woman's lunch! Yesterday my friends toddler decided to look inside the freezer - and then promptly forgot to close the door which resulted in an avalanche of defrosted assorted fish products. My friend, unable to get through 30 defrosted fish fingers then issued a plea - who could take them off her hands? The bread HAS to be to...
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My Wonderful Life: Day 5 - Trans Scotland canoe challenge
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Friday, 13 April 2012. Day 5 - Trans Scotland canoe challenge. Yesterday, after a frightening encounter with the monster which is Loch Ness - I was left exhausted and down hearted. We'd failed for the first time to reach out target destination, aiming for 26.5Km but finally giving up defeated at around 20Km. That was that - there was no way I was venturing out onto a body of water so big and dangerous that it has it's own lifeboat, in canoe I'd lost faith in! That is, if our repairs hold tomorrow. We...
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My Wonderful Life: Day 3 - Trans Scotland Canoe Challenge
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Wednesday, 11 April 2012. Day 3 - Trans Scotland Canoe Challenge. Well, if launching an inflatable canoe and paddling it across Scotland doesn't count as a good launch for 4Manchester Women (daily magazine-style blog for busy Manchester Women - launching Monday 16th April), then inflate me with offal and call me a haggis! Today was epic (22Km)! That doesn't actually do it justice - it was EPIC! 355Km completed, 65Km-ish to go. We made amazing progress, meeting up with my in-laws at specific points along ...
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My Wonderful Life: Thoughts
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I'm a girl with an opinion so if something is happening in the news and I feel inspired, then I'm going to write about it - labelled with 'topical' in the list down the side of the page. Any opinions are totally my own. Having been so poorly last year has also made me quite introspective. I've spent a lot of time thinking about things - getting my house in order. Nothing helps identify your priorities like a brush with the Grim Reaper. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. I also write for.
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My Wonderful Life: Published
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I'm starting to get articles and features published. Please see the links below for further details. The Good Review - Theatre review of DNA @ The Royal Exchange, Manchester. The Good Review - Theatre review of Goldilocks @ The Royal Exchange, Manchester. Brides Up North - The Kids are Alright. Brides Up North - Naked at Weddings. The Good Review - Theatre review of The Gatekeeper @ The Royal Exchange, Manchester. Brides Up North - Ultimate Disco Playlist. Brides Up North - Honeymoons - Just the two of us.
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My Wonderful Life: Naked German Saunas?
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Thursday, 4 August 2011. A few weeks ago I told the story of how I met Zoe – at Cologne Karneval in February 2005, whilst weeing in a bush at 3am dressed as a giant stripy gnome. Well there was one part of the weekend that I failed to mention that deserves a blog in its own right. A day at The Claudius Thermal Spa. I’ve just looked at the web site, and it looks just as amazing as I remember. Have a look for yourself http:/ www.claudius-therme.de. But once there, it didn’t go down very well. In ...8217; I...
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