Week 9: Bathing Beauty

Last updated 12 April 2010
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Week 8: Food for Fuel

Last updated 6 April 2010
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Week 7: The winning combination

Last updated 30 March 2010
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Week 6: Perfecting your pace

Last updated 23 March 2010
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Swimathon Training Week 5

Last updated 12 March 2010
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Week 2: The Three Rs

Last updated 3 March 2010
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Week 3: Saturday Swimming

Last updated 26 February 2010
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Swimathon Blog - Week One

WEEK one of my training for the Swimathon and I’ve already learned two vital lessons, the first of which is that I need to train a lot more! I’ve always enjoyed swimming since the day I taught myself to swim underwater by pulling myself along the bottom of a toddlers’ pool using my hands. (3 comments)

Last updated 11 February 2010
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Family History: Long lost relatives pt.1

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Last updated 11 February 2010
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Family History: Where to start

One thing I love about delving into family history is finding out where my ancestors lived and what they done for a living. My grandma always tells me that she would tell her father that he had to have welsh origins with a name like Jenkins, which he flat out refused to believe. Had he been alive today I don't think he would be too happy with me as I proved the welsh link going back two generations prior to my grandpa. (1 comment)

Last updated 27 October 2009
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Travelling

What I enjoy most of all is travelling. Not the actual getting there you understand, but the excitement leading up to it and everything else to boot. (3 comments)

Last updated 21 October 2009
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Family History: How I got started

Around twelve years ago I would sit with my late gran as she compiled information that she had researched on her family history. After seeing photos of my two and three times great grandfathers and being told a story of how my great great grandfather was murdered the day before he was set to sail off with the navy I was hooked and wanted to know everything. (1 comment)

Last updated 20 October 2009
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Creating

From a young age I watched my mother and grandmother stitch and knit their way through children’s clothes and soft furnishings for the home. Not surprising then that I too “enjoy!” creating.

Last updated 20 October 2009
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Walking

There is nothing like a brisk walk in the Northumbrian countryside to make you feel alive. Walking is a very easy hobby to fall into. You don’t need masses of expensive equipment, huge amounts of experience or high levels of fitness to start tramping the paths of Northumberland. (5 comments)

Last updated 20 October 2009
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Outdoors

What I “enjoy!” doing is being out of doors – rain or shine. It is still more interesting than looking at four walls.

Last updated 20 October 2009
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