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’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
Scenario A: I’ve been having far too much fun with these challenges of late, it’s about time I did something really brave… Scenario B: I’m feeling a bit down in the dumps at the moment, I’ll do something to cheer myself up… Actually, I think I’ll try both of the above. But today it was … More 24. Give blood
OK, I’m prepared to admit that this may not exactly qualify as ‘brave’… I think the word we decided on over lunch was ‘audacious’… so that will have to do! That, plus the fact that this went onto the 50 things list because eating at a well-known and upmarket venue seemed like it would be … More 23. Eat at The Ivy
This challenge has been a long time coming…. The first time I got the urge to go parasailing we were on holiday in Cyprus. I really wanted to have a go…but there was no way my then husband Mike was letting me try it. I suppose looking back that he had a point, given that … More 22. Go parasailing
It’s 1st July today, and I am wondering where the year is going! Six months in to my 50 Shades of Brave challenge, and my total challenges met currently stands at 21. Which is OK… but not quite good enough!! Since my escapades up Snowdon I haven’t made any further blog posts, but that doesn’t … More Musings from halfway
So, refreshed after challenge #21, we had reached the ‘flat’ bit. Apparently. OK, it was definitely flatter than the initial descent, but compared to flat? Nope. By this time my knees were complaining bitterly, with my thighs not much better. But inspired by the stunning scenery, and tricked by Alison’s claims at every corner that … More 20. Take the train up Snowdon (Part 2)
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