Annoying but not unexpected…
The UK is rushing headlong into a second lockdown, it starts (officially) on Thursday 5th November (yay happy bonfire night) and lasts for 1 month. That is at least 1 […]
I pulled a truck!
It was a practice truck, but it was still a 7.5 tonne truck! It was this truck in fact: Yes I was attempting to look strong in the face of […]
One month to go!
Aaaaarrrrgh!! In one month (exactly… it is on the 22nd November) I have my very first strongwoman competition. It would be fair to say that I am suddenly exceedingly anxious […]
100kg for reps…
Do you remember the time I knew a girl from mars? I don’t know if you knew that… No hang on not that, that’s just my brain filling in the […]
Slight change of plans…
Having made a huge sweeping statement about completing squatober this year, I have swiftly reconsidered! I already have a fairly heavy 5 days a week lifting programme which is designed […]
Sunsets and shelters
Originally posted on Catchpole Creative...:
This past summer has been a strange one! The countrywide lockdown and continuing global pandemic, has meant that straying too far from home has been…
Please, Just Be Nice To Us: TERFs, JK Rowling, and Trans Rights in the UK
Originally posted on Life Through The Iris:
Part One: Preamble This is a topic on which I’ve not been particularly vocal, bar the odd Facebook post. This hasn’t been because…
Giving up diet culture – its harder than you think!
Unfortunately, giving up and removing yourself from diet culture is not as easy as it sounds. If it was as simple as deciding not to diet and just to get […]
The beauty of beach huts
Originally posted on Catchpole Creative...:
Living, as I do, a stones throw away from the south coast (well, it would have to be a pretty spectacular throw, but still…) I…
Squatober…
So, I have just discovered that Squatober is a thing. It is as simple as it sounds, it is squatting, every day in October…or possibly every day in October apart […]
