For Pete's Sake

I’m sitting here on a Thursday evening watching a rather exciting game of one day cricket between Sri Lanka and Australia. It’s the final of the Commonwealth Bank Series and this is the final game of three to decide who wins the overall competition. It’s all level so this game is the one and the [...]

This time last week Cat and I touched down in Sydney after leaving Heathrow late on Saturday night. It was a long trip but, thankfully, we both managed to sleep to varying degrees on the plane. Whilst not unusual for Cat the fact that I got sleep was pretty impressive as up until now I [...]

So according to my countdown clock there’s 26 days until our flights to Australia. This means we’re, as the title intimates, slowly but surely working our way through the list of stuff to do before we leave. The one thing I was prepared for but still surprised by was just how many things we’ve needed [...]

So another year begins and what a year it looks like it’s going to be. I enter it, on a personal level in a much healthier state having lost around three stone in 2011. I aim to continue this venture and have already signed up to the Canberra Half-Marathon in April. I’m also hoping to [...]