Great North Run 2024 here we come!


Lifestyle

This will be the third year that I will have taken part in the epic Great North Run and I’m super excited, again! I was undecided about whether to run again this year, thinking that I’d see if I fancied a different half marathon some place else, but who am I kidding. The GNR is […]

February 13, 2024

Gaia – See the World


Lifestyle

Having anticipated the arrival of Luke Jerram’s art installation, Gaia, I was excited to jump on the train at Newcastle for the short trip to Durham cathedral. As I made my way up the winding streets of the city, passing tourists, students and locals alike, I realised I may have made a bit of an […]

July 15, 2023

A Big Scaredy Cat, On A Kayak, In The North Sea


Lifestyle

Those of you have read some of my previous posts may be aware of my fear of open water… I still maintain I watched the film Jaws too early in my childhood. But I made a rational decision that there may not be too many great white sharks hell bent on vengeance in the North […]

March 6, 2023

Top 10 Coffee Shops in Newcastle Upon Tyne


Lifestyle

When it comes to coffee shops in Newcastle you really are spoiled for choice. There’s so many of them scattered around, many in the town centre within easy reach of the train station. I have the luxury of living here, so I can venture a little further (still walking distance – for me at least) […]

March 2, 2023