My Clipper Family
Time for a little blog recycling! This blog was written approximately 2 years ago about my fellow leg 5 watch mates as we sailed from Brisbane to Singapore on the Clipper Race. As I’m now in Sydney and getting to hang out with some of my down under boat family...
Embracing Change
Change can be a bit Marmite (or should that be Vegemite in honour of my new country, Australia?!) you either love it or hate it. But I don’t believe that change should be hated, or even feared, in fact I think it should be embraced and here’s why. Over the...
Vagueness & it’s place in guarding my dreams
I’m going to start by going back, to a post I wrote in March 2015. “Time to stop lying” In January I will be moving to Australia. As I’m sure you can imagine I have been asked numerous times if I’ve got a job lined up or what I’m planning on...
Bungy jumping to freedom
And now 14 years later my older and wiser(?) self is stood with my toes curled over the edge of a bigger bungy jump. Not a physical one (this time!) but a mental and an emotional one as I step away from the security of a monthly salary and a 9-5 (ish) job to the unknown.
Isle of Wight Row
On the 13th of May myself and 7 awesome ladies set out to row around the Isle of Wight. It’s a good job I can row faster then I can write a blog or else I would still be rowing! But here, finally, is my account of how we got on! The car park dash The day began...
Helen conquers London to Brighton
Helen was one of the very first birthday challengers, she actually completed her challenge way before me back in 2013! Since Helen completed her challenge I have set up this website and finally interviewed Helen to find out more about it. Since Helen completed her...
Who’s in the boat?
On Wednesday (the more observant amongst you will notice that this has gone back a day due to kinder weather!) myself and 7 other ladies will be rowing around the Isle of Wight, but who are these people crazy enough to subject themselves to 10 to 12 hours of rowing...