At the start of the year I promised myself to read a bit more, no real target, just read a bit more.

This also coincides nicely with the ‘blog a bit more’ challenge. As you’ve probably already guessed, no real target, just blog a bit more.

So 6 weeks into the new year, I’ve definitely been reading more, and therefore I can finally start catching up on blogging a bit more.

Book 1 of 2021

‘My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece’ by Annabel Pitcher

This was a re-read because the plan was to teach it to my Y8s – it’s been a while since I’ve taught it – as it happened the plan changed. But read it anyway.

I enjoyed it when I first read it and nothing has changed – a really good read – funny, sad, beautifully written and uplifting. Read it.

Next up: ‘Ramble Book’ by Adam Buxton

Unbelievably we have reached the 230th day of the year. Over halfway through August. The summer has appeared to have given up. AND only 2 or so weeks until the start of a new school year.

At the start of this morning’s run I was up for a lovely long run and feeling good. Although, about 3 miles in I wasn’t feeling it at all. So the run became a rather uncomfortable 6-miler before I jacked it in.

After this morning’s Parkrun the day continued with football and then some more football.

(The keyboard has not been played)

A relatively successful day on the keyboard.

I have a plan for the rest of the holidays: learn to play the keyboard.

First task: buy a new power adapter to replace the lost one.

Early evening at the woods jumping in puddles, finding dinosaur footprints and avoiding bears.