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Butternut squash and heavy heavy thoughts

January 13, 2020 daveywankenobie

Phew. I’m pooped. If you want to visualise me at this exact moment then close your eyes, and imagine a pair of baggy Star Wars

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Shared flamboyance

February 5, 2019 daveywankenobie

(Author sips coffee and sighs…) February so far appears to be going pretty well. Life is coming together very nicely – and with the possible

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Very damp

October 14, 2018 daveywankenobie

Despite the absolutely awful weather today I’ve still been out and about putting in the miles. The inclement skies have tested my recent statements about

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#onplanoctober revisited

October 3, 2018 daveywankenobie

As soon as I entered the public toilet in the deserted changing room I knew I was in trouble. The walls were unbearably close, and

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Under fourteen

March 21, 2018 daveywankenobie

Sometimes I have a really distorted view of what I do well and what I’ve not done so well at. Often I find myself wracked

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Snowdrops in Hatton

February 27, 2018 daveywankenobie

I’m a little achey after the up and downhill of the end to end walk in Malvern on Sunday. It’s currently precisely midnight on either

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Considering targets

February 10, 2018 daveywankenobie

As a few people pointed out both in person and in the comments on my last blog it’s not my usual behaviour to happily take

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I own red

December 23, 2017 daveywankenobie

It’s fair to say that whilst I’m very much enjoying my new job that there was a mild, almost barely detectable mood of happiness when

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A truly wonderful thing

October 14, 2017 daveywankenobie

It’s 8am and as is customary for a Saturday morning I’ve not had much sleep. Today I’m doing another two motivational talks at Slimming World

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Unexpected generosity 

August 19, 2017 daveywankenobie

My chariot awaits outside.  Not in a ‘Cinders – you’re going to the ball!’ kind of way but instead in a ‘I’m really old car

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Introducing friends

August 7, 2017 daveywankenobie

This morning I’ve been out with a couple of firm friends, who only met each other for the first time this today… Initially they were

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What I eat now vs what I ate before

February 8, 2017 daveywankenobie

I do love a chilli. Probably too much actually. I tend to eat more of it than I really should (it tastes soooooooo nice though!) and

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Free food February

February 4, 2017 daveywankenobie

Well I think that yesterday’s bad mood has (mostly) dissipated. It’s probably blended into the background because today is my weekly weigh in – and also

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Moroccan meatballs & nine stone all gone!

December 17, 2016 daveywankenobie

Every time that I’ve followed a recipe lately it’s taken way more time to prepare than I expected. Maybe it’s just the fact that I’m

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Food glorious food

July 10, 2016 daveywankenobie

I’ve been trying lately to vary things up a quite a bit with what I eat. In the past variety has not been something that

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Appetite disturbed

July 6, 2016 daveywankenobie

As is typical when it comes to the best laid plans of mice and men the only thing that can be considered a certainty in

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She speak a my language

June 11, 2016 daveywankenobie

Well the morning so far is going way better than expected. I woke up before my alarm at 8am and I’d decided what to cook

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Souvlaki in the garden

May 5, 2016 daveywankenobie

In the last few weeks I’ve been cooking a LOT more than I ever have before. Thats not to say I’ve never cooked, or that I

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