I’d been feeling tired all week, but yesterday at lunch time, my finger tips started tingling, not a good sign. By 13:00 I’d taken pain killers to keep me going and to be able to drive, by 14:00 I was struggling to keep my thoughts straight but hung on for...
As I was driving along the prom today I saw a JCB and a couple of guys shovelling sand off the pavements. A job that not too long ago I’m sure would have been done by the owners of the Hotels that line the prom. A job that each hotel...
I’ve been mainly occupied today working on the next evolution of our organisation, which comprises several thousand people supporting a couple of hundred customers globally. I did most of this work at Caffe Nero in Preston, working on my laptop, but I worked through the ideas with a senior manager...
I’ve been messing around with Twitter and Facebook today. I like to share what I read and write, but I don’t like that information cluttering up my main Twitter account that I use for my diary. I’ve concluded that I need to have three Twitter accounts: @SteveRichards – this is...
There have been a few days when I’ve come close, but today is officially the first gardening day of the year and what a joy it’s been. Truth be told I’d forgotten what a simple pleasure it is to take a rather ragged garden and start to smarten it up. ...
I’ve had my unfair share of silence this week and it’s been wonderful. There’s something unique about the high fells, when there’s no one about, no bubbling streams, no wind, just quiet. I’ve been soaking it up because it’s so precious. Back in my apartment, I’ve been struggling with the...
After three days of heavy walking I decided to focus on work today. I’d accumulated a lot of emails and my employer is strongly encouraging us to take part in an online event to shape the companies future identity and I wanted to spend a couple of hours on that....
A few weeks ago Graham and I were out walking and I mentioned that I favoured repeating familiar walks, while he favoured new and exciting adventures. Since then I’ve been lucky enough to do lots of new walks which I’ve greatly enjoyed, but I still love familiar walks. On Monday...
It seems only a few years ago that I was the centre of my children’s life and they were mine, we would spend most every evening and every weekend together. Now the youngest two of my four girls will soon be 16 and it’s a wonderful time for them, a...
I had a very late night last night trying to finish my backlog of document/appraisal reviews and admin before 10 days holiday, but I was up at 6:30 as usual, because I believe in always getting up at the same time (which helps me go to sleep the next night). ...