I am going to Prison. I have been sentenced to 24 hours in Shepton Mallet Prison, in Somerset, also known as The Glass House Prison or Cornhill. In 2013 this was the oldest operational prison in the country, where the Kray Twins, Charlie Robinson and Amelia Dyer were all imprisoned. Built in 1610, with walls 75ft high and used during […]
Fundraising
I ran Pretty Muddy 2015… what’s next?
A few weeks ago, myself and a team of five other ladies met at Cheltenham racecourse on a hot sunny day and ran a five kilometre muddy obstacle course for Cancer Research UK. We called ourselves the Fast Food Fighters, because we were all unfit and we all eat far too much takeaway food, but we wanted to […]
What it feels like to run, when you are SERIOUSLY unfit…
Tomorrow I am running the Pretty Muddy 5km race for Cancer Research. Sounds easy right? It’s only 5k… *coughs* No. When you are as SERIOUSLY unfit as I am, 5km may as well be a marathon. THIS is what it feels like to run, what it feels like to train, when you are me […]
I’M ONE YEAR CANCER FREE!
I have spent this weekend celebrating the fact that I have now been CANCER FREE FOR 1 YEAR! I didn’t just want to say it in a blog post though. Many of you know all the ins and outs of my thyroid cancer treatment, but I haven’t blogged much about when I had Leukaemia. I […]
My Sunday Photo – March on Cancer
I actually meant to post this photo the Sunday before last, but it slipped my mind. This is me and Bunny and the Cardiff March on Cancer, for Channel 4’s Stand Up To Cancer appeal. Jonny lead the 500 strong march as the event drummer, whilst, Bunny, Tiny, Fluffy and I joined the rest of […]