I have concluded that ‘Watch the sunrise’ doesn’t quite capture my intent for this challenge. I think my meaning was more ‘Watch the day break’ or ‘Watch the process of night turning into day’… whichever description fits, I watched it. The decision to go was based on the forecast for the following morning (via BBC … More 30. Watch the sunrise
The fact that I am here in Eire is quite amazing, because the fact that I am here at all is courtesy of the generosity of my fabulous friends and the inspired decision of Heather to invite people to club together and fund some of my 50 challenges as a birthday gift. So if you’re … More 29. Kiss the Blarney Stone
I *love* having my hair coloured. In fact, I’ll be honest, I’m not sure I remember a time since the age of 16 when my hair was entirely its natural colour! In my life I have been blonde, and blonder, had pink streaks in the blonde (think raspberry ripple) and less successful blue streaks (think … More 28. Purple hair
I spent the day going round in circles… The circle of clay on the circular board on the circular wheel. Controlled by my foot, the wheel began to spin round. My wet hands caressed the clay, wrapped tightly around it to guide the shape to a perfectly centred circle. Round and round. Thumbs into the … More 27. Throw a pot (100WCGU version)
I’m smitten. Despite the fact that Patrick Swayze didn’t show up at my shoulder, my pot throwing experience was the most engrossing hour I’ve spent in ages. My teacher was Jen from The Village Pottery. She has a pottery-cum-tea-and-cake-shop in Clifton Village, Bristol as well as a workshop in Easton-in-Gordano, which is where I went … More 27. Throw a pot
This was my foot at 2pm today… and at 4pm: I have wanted to get a tattoo for years, so adding ‘have a tattoo’ to my list of 50 things was a no-brainer. Which just left me to firm up those perennial questions of what and where… I collected a number of ideas on a … More 26. Get a tattoo
Today would have been my 20th wedding anniversary. But it’s not. I keep telling myself that now it’s really ‘just another day’… quite a difficult one this year though. I have been anticipating this day since the start of the year. I hadn’t been anticipating spending it alone. I actually spent the past week desperately trying … More 25. Just a brave day
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