Yesterday marked a full year of meeting and exceeding my goal of 10,000 steps a day. And although it is my ultimate hope to make…
Yesterday’s adventure was a “short” walk to Bolton and Gifford to explore a couple of old kirkyards, with a geocache trail in between. The walk…
I went into the woods with a friend today in search of fairies. But it seems they were out on an adventure of their own,…
Well, I did it. I finally managed the half-marathon distance that I have been planning for a few months now. And it wasn’t a half-bad…
I always like to start a new month off with a positive step forward, and today I managed 30,000+ positive steps forward. That’s not a…
Happy 1st of July, everyone! Wait. What? July? No. It can’t be July. Can it? Can we really be halfway through the year? Alas… we…
It is official: All my planned races for 2020 have been cancelled. But that was to be expected given that we are still in the…
I have just finished my first week at my new job, which was a bit odd as I’m working from home right now. I decided…
Today is a bit of a celebration day for me as I mark six straight months of taking (at least) 10,000 steps a day. This…
Yesterday was a monumental day here in the UK when the Prime Minister put the nation on (essentially) a full lockdown. It wasn’t really unexpected,…
I have some pretty ambitious (for me) running goals for 2020 and now that the weather is warming up, it’s time to ramp up my…
I did something today that I (almost) never do. I gave up on a goal. More than that, I gave up on a learning goal!…
It has been 10 years since JustFrances.com entered the blogosphere, so I thought it was time for a reflective post to mark the milestone. After all, the average…
I participated in a webinar about research into Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) and ketosis the other day and was quite pleased to hear such a measured take…
My primary 2020 resolution is to be a stronger, more confident me. As part of that goal, I am working to identify my strengths and weaknesses,…
My primary goal for 2020 is to be a stronger and more confident me. But if I’m honest, it’s a goal that I have been heading…
I don’t know about you, but I find annual resolution-setting to be a challenge in itself. I love the idea of a strong resolution to…
And with that, it’s time for another annual re-cap post. Although quite how we’ve got to 31 December 2019, I couldn’t tell you! Yet, here…
As has become a tradition, I went for a Christmas Eve walk in the Pentlands with my friend Adrian this afternoon. This year our mission was “simple”:…
I dug out my Christmas decorations yesterday in anticipation of decorating the cottage in a couple of weeks. And when I dug them out, I…