Scored some wild trout yesterday; baked it with thyme, then crisped up the skin on the grill. Served with rice, grilled courgette & leeks. #
Category Archives: Personal
I notice a small improvement every time I run
I notice a small improvement every time I get out and run. Not very impressed with myself, though, for leaving three days of no running. #
Back from a run
Back from a run, didn’t push myself terribly hard but I did get out. Looking at the Nike+/iPod nano combo… mmmm gadgets, they’ll help. #
Back from Run III
Back from Run III. Feeling better, more running, less stopping, but still wiped out at the end of twenty minutes. Feeling a bit wobbly now. #
Obviously, with this hazardous…
Obviously, with this hazardous weather there’s no way I could go running today. It would have been dangerous and irresponsible. #
Back from todays run
Back from todays run (or “Run II – It Still Hurts” as I’m calling it). The whole thing is a carefully constructed assault on my self-esteem. #
Just got back from my first run
Just got back from my first run in, I’ll say, 8 years; only 20 minutes and I’m poleaxed. So. Very. Terribly. Un. Fit. Not good. #
Slow cooker chicken casserole recipe
I’m really enjoying my slow cooker at the moment, quick preparation and then the house fills with lovely cooking smells for hours. (My wife says it smells like her grandparents house when there’s something in the slow cooker.) This is a simple chicken casserole I knocked up the other day, slightly spiced with the chilli. …
RóisÃn Murphy and her dressing up box
Went to see RóisÃn Murphy at Academy Manchester last night: absolutely brilliant. She held the sold out audience spellbound with a fantastic voice, and a dizzying array of hats, shrugs, batwing jumpers, capes, shades, eyemasks, biker jackets and crazy metallic puff dresses.
BarCamp Leeds
Very excited to be signed up for my first BarCamp, and the first BarCamp Leeds ever. Big thanks to Deb, Imran Ali, Tom Scott & Dominic Hodgson for organising this. Now I’ve just got to work out what to talk about, ideas so far: WordPress as a CMS Events searches for Children & the Arts …