The Team

by | Apr 7, 2007 | Life Journal

It’s the end of another amazing term at school, and the highlight for me was the flourishing of the Triathlon and Multisport squads that my colleague and friend Nikki (she’s the one in the pig tails getting the hug from Dan) and I have been developing. These teenagers...

I Bought a House

by | Feb 20, 2007 | Life Journal

After a beautiful long and drawn-out summer, filled with enjoyable exercise and lots of time to myself reading and training and generally doing only what I wanted. Amongst all this bliss I also started looking at dwellings for sale in the area. And then in a whirlwind...

First Check Your Meniscus

by | Jan 1, 2007 | Life Journal

It’s a New Year. 2007. (My flat is amongst the houses in the photo above) As Matthew Walker always does at this time, here’s my list of interesting occurrences to summarise the year: I ran sub-40 minute in a 10 km road race I saw my friend Julia safely into a marriage...

One Shining Moment

by | Oct 6, 2006 | Life Journal

In my absolutely superb two week holiday break I’ve been doing a bit of reading. The local gay guys (of whom I believe there are 7) have, in a quite ordinary green Nike gym bag assembled what they call the “Library”. An eclectic collection of novels and non-fiction...

A Room With A View

by | Oct 1, 2006 | Life Journal

I’m not a stranger to spending time by myself. In fact I believe I thrive on it. That, and introspection. The two go together well, I guess. (As an aside, I often look at other people’s journals and it hasn’t escaped my attention that almost without fail, the writers...

It’s Spring!

by | Sep 27, 2006 | Life Journal

Yeah, not only is it spring, but Heath’s looking dirty, so that means I really must have been occupied over the last few weeks. And I have. School’s been wonderful though. The students all had exams (which meant untold marking for my colleagues and myself –...