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Oct 6, 20171 min read
Cheers!
Oktoberfest will be celebrated in lots of cities from 5th - 22nd October. For some it will be a chance to try different foods, music and...
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Sep 29, 20171 min read
1, 2, 3...
The change in weather, daylight getting a little shorter and getting up early for work has really affected my body clock. When I was...
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Sep 22, 20171 min read
One world
With all the atrocities going on in the world, it can sometimes seem that living in my own bubble is nice. The floods and hurricanes...
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Sep 15, 20171 min read
Education of life
This weekend will be the start of a new chapter in lots of university students' lives. They may be living away from home for the first...
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Sep 8, 20171 min read
To read or not to read...
Today is International Literacy day. A day to celebrate all forms of literacy in the hardcopy and digital form. It is amazing how many...
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Sep 1, 20172 min read
TV or not to TV?
Now that the athletics has finished and the football season has started, I am finding watching television a little boring. When I was...
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Aug 25, 20172 min read
Passed!!?
By now most GCSE students would have had their results and felt very happy with them. For some, it will be tears of sadness that they...
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Aug 18, 20171 min read
15 years and counting
Fifteen years ago, I got married and have been crying ever since!!! The day was beautiful and we were surrounded by our close friends and...
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Aug 11, 20171 min read
On your marks...
The World Championships Athletics are taking place in London and I have tried to watch a lot of the events. My son and I are sad to see...
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Aug 4, 20171 min read
Feeling hot! hot! hot!
By now the summer months should be well under way. However, this is England and the weather, literally, changes from one minute to the...
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Jul 28, 20171 min read
Prom
Today, for year six it is their last official day at primary school. They were once big fish in a little pond and come September, little...
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Jul 21, 20172 min read
No pain, no gain?
About four months ago, I saw in my local, free paper, a charity night walk of 25/50 km. A friend and I had been walking on and off for...
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Jul 15, 20171 min read
Best friends forever!!!
Last weekend, I met up with some very good friends of mine. Some I haven't seen for a few months and a couple only a few weeks ago. We...
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Jul 8, 20172 min read
Dreamer!
Wrote my first poem at the age of thirteen, Was too embarrassed to show it to anyone, didn't want it to be seen, Bit by bit, I started to...
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Jun 30, 20171 min read
Sun, sea and sand
I remember my first holiday without my family. I went to Cordoba in Spain with my local youth club, I was about 19. The flight,...
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Jun 23, 20171 min read
People watching
For as long as I can remember, I have always loved people watching. When I lived in Derby, every Saturday, as a teenager, I used to go to...
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Jun 16, 20172 min read
Work, work, work!
I like to work and have worked since I was 16. My first 'job' was as an assistant on a fruit and veg stall. I lasted all of 2 days. I...
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Jun 9, 20172 min read
Irrational fear?
When I was younger, I never really liked watching nature programmes – they were boring. As I got older, I appreciate them a lot more. I...
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Jun 2, 20171 min read
Ding dong, the bells are going to chime
I met my husband 21 years ago and we have been married for nearly 15 years. He put an ad in The Voice newspaper and I was desperate...
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