treet-level speed, cobbles, and crowd noise — the Sheffield Grand Prix is easily one of the big dates on my South Yorkshire calendar. No, th...

other’s Day is a sacred time, not a retail opportunity. Forget the hollow hype of the greetings card industry and the plastic tat that clutt...

arely do I have good news to share. For me, the daily struggle and the mundane routine are the norm, especially this year, which has been a ...

ule is a special time, a moment of peace and reflection that transcends beliefs and means so much to so many. The world continues with its w...

I don't blog enough. I know this, I feel a little overwhelmed at the moment. Work is really been getting me down, the pandemic is still ...

My youngest daughter is 18 years old today. I've managed to deliver my two daughters to adulthood without killing them or them killin...

Having kids is an ever changing adventure. Every year with every birthday there's something new. On Thursday it was my youngest daugh...

Time is a commodity I don't have loads of at the moment. When I do get a precious moment I am so tired I don't feel like doing an...

If you were reading this time last year you may have read my post for Remembrance Sunday and my daughter who is an Army Cadet.

As a parent of older children, well an adult and a teenager, I've seen many of the parenting tasks end. Last Thursday I saw another o...

Being a parent is a job for life. Sure the sleepless nights are over pretty quick, in fact the whole childhood part is over pretty quick ...

This weekend Morticia has gone away with the girls so I've been left 'home alone', well not quite. I'm here with Rags and...

My youngest daughter was born fifteen years ago this day. Everything changed. Even though I had been a father for 5 years previous to...

Yesterday we were invited to attend my daughter's school for the end of year "Evening of Excellence". Rags had been nominat...

Today, together with my youngest daughter Rags, we headed south to go and pick up Morticia. I woke up 15 minutes before my alarm at 6...

So my week without Morticia is almost over. I've spent the week mostly being horizontal, eating junk and watching movies and Netflix....

Rags has been going to Army Cadets since before Christmas. Last night she got her uniform, she was so chuffed when she got home. Today sh...

I took today off. Reason being that tonight was Rags' school parents evening. I've always been an involved father, it's m...

My baby. My youngest is 14. Bloody hell! As a treat we took her and a friend to Yorkshire Wildlife Park. We did want to take her to Cor...

About 5 years ago I posted a tongue in cheek post on here asking for advice in coping with a teenager as my eldest was about to reach tha...