This blog is closed for maintenance

No not really. My husband and I (arf I sound like the Queen) and our offspring are off down South for a couple of weeks. As I have neither the equipment nor the knowledge to blog from anywhere other than a computer I shall bid you all a fond, if temporary, farewell.

Good run this week - according to MapMyRun around 8k or 4.8 miles in old money. We did it in around 52 minutes which obviously isn't going to break any records but that did include a tactical 2 minute walk at halfway to take on some water as it was warm (the weather not the water).

This is something that I haven't mastered in 10 years of running - drinking whilst on the move. I know the mechanics; take a mouthful, hold it in your mouth, breathe out then swallow. But I just can't co-ordinate it. I either end up with most of it down my front or it goes down the wrong way and I go even redder in the face than I usually am. I will persevere.

Still busy...

Work is a bit full on at the moment - it's the end of term and whilst the rest of school are winding down the admin side cranks up a notch or two. It's great though, I like being busy and I have seven weeks holiday to look forward to.

Emily will be well travelled this summer - she's just got back from her Geography field trip, we have two weeks in Devon booked and then she goes from there pretty much straight to Portugal. In the Autumn she's off to Berlin with her school history group. The Portugal trip was a bit of a surprise. She applied to be part of the Children's Heart Federation Teen Forum - got accepted and the first thing they're doing is a team building jolly in the sunshine. I expect there'll be photos later. I notice that the blogged photos have been rather thin on the ground lately so I'll try to rectify that soonish.

Running is going well - two good runs last week, one of them in blazing sunshine resulting in one side of my face being browner than the other!