by admin | Oct 30, 2022 | 50 at 50
I think the last time I sat in front of a sewing machine was during school Home Economics classes – so we’re talking 36/37 years ago! I’ve always been a dab hand with a needle and thread for minor repairs to hems, seams and missing buttons, but anything more complex...
by admin | Oct 12, 2022 | 50 at 50
My interest in the bass guitar began when I was a hormonal teenager and had the world’s largest crush on John Taylor from Duran Duran. I’ve dated a few bass players over the years and always kind of thought of it as a sexy instrument, but I never once gave any though...
by admin | Oct 9, 2022 | 50 at 50
When my mate Simon set me a challenge to spend a night in a haunted house, I told him he’d have to come with me as there was no way I would do that alone! So, on a fairly mundane Saturday evening in September, we set off for the picturesque village of Finchingfield in...
by admin | Sep 5, 2022 | 50 at 50
Having jumped out of a plane at 15,000 feet, I was pretty pleased that challenge 41 involved a plane I could remain firmly seated in, even if it didn’t have an engine… Fellow musician Ashley Benjamin phoned me up one day and said ‘I challenge you to meet me down at...
by admin | Sep 1, 2022 | 50 at 50
Don’t panic – it’s the title of a song by one of my favourite bands! It may also be a category I’d put myself in 😆 But, as the song goes, “I like to ride my bicycle.” Sadly, I don’t own a bicycle and I’m not a confident road rider, so when Simon Barker...
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