I'm writing this whilst sitting in a chair next to my hospital bed in Kepple Ward of Rotherham General Hospital. I came in yesterday ...

I wake up this morning to discover that Scotland has decided to stay in our union and reject independence. I am glad that they are not br...

They say you aren't a proper cyclist until you've broken your collarbone. Well thanks to some knobhead running out in front of me ...

We aren't having a holiday again this year. As a bit of a diversion, and because the opportunity arose we (Morticia & me) decided...

I've been working hard over the last few weeks. I'm not good at decorating but I've stepped up to the mark in order to get my...

I feel it. It's hard to explain. Like dark clouds around my head that grip my brain and squeeze. I'm becoming accustomed to things ...

It's been my ambition for many years to go and see the Tour de France. It's therefore amazing that the Tour is coming to see me!...

I guess it's kind of expected of me to write about the Tour de France and the Yorkshire Grand Depart. As I write this there is just a fe...

My Fathers' Day this year was special. Special because I got to spend it with both my daughters. I am so happy that my eldest came ov...

So the bike is functioning and I've started riding again. Up to now I've done a few decent commutes but nothing extraordinary. My f...

My friends have just completed an amazing coast to coast cycle and I'm both proud and jealous of all of them. You see I should have bee...

With Morticia's 40th birthday now behind us what about that reunion with our eldest daughter? Well, there's not much to tell ...

This week my wife, Morticia, turned 40. It's been a long preparation with loads of wailing and drama. Prior to the 'actual' b...

I was sad to learn of the passing of author Sue Townsend last night. The character she created in Adrian Mole, a working class anti-hero ...

This has been an important day for me. Perhaps the most important in a long while. For the first time in 148 days I got my leg over.....