Alison

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• Day 5 - Trans Scotland Canoe Challenge

  

  Yesterday, after a frightening encounter with the monster which is Loch Ness - I was left exhausted and down hearted. We'd failed for the first time to reach ou... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Day 4 - Trans Scotland Canoe Challenge

  

  Just a short update today as I am so tired I can barely keep awake. 55Km completed, 45Km to go. After making brilliant progress yesterday - today was hard work. Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Day 3 - Trans Scotland Canoe Challenge

  

  Well, if launching an inflatable canoe and paddling it across Scotland doesn't count as a good launch for 4Manchester Women (daily magazine-style blog for busy... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Day 2 - the Trans Scotland Canoe Challenge

  

  Day 2 of our trans Scotland canoe challenge completed - with only one slight mishap. Four more to go - Inverness, we're coming to get you!Snow had arrived in th... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Day 1 - Trans Scotland Canoe Challenge

  

  Greetings from Bonnie Scotland and day 1 of our trans Scotland canoe challenge (60 miles from Fort William to Inverness along the Caledonian Canal). Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Canoeing the Caledonian Canal - We're Off!

  

  It's finally here, tomorrow we head up to Scotland to spend five days canoeing the Caledonian Canal. Hopefully, if all goes to plan, we'll do 60 miles coast to... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• #Bad Hair - Number 1 Trending on Twitter!

  

  Number 1 world wide Twitter trend this morning is #Bad Hair. Hey, move over Twitter, that's my territory! If you missed it, check out the post I did about hair... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• If You Only Do One Thing Today - Kurt Cobain

  

  5th April 1994. It's hard to believe that it's 18 years ago today that Kurt Cobain, the lead singer of Seattle grunge band Nirvana, was found dead in his home,... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• £2.99 Deal on Cinema Tickets (5 Day Offer)

  

  Morning - I'm going to be a bit quiet this week, because I'm beavering away writing for my new project 4Manchester Women, which launches in just under two... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• First Glimpse Inside the New Olympic Stadium

  

  Well, we may have failed to get tickets to the Olympics (other than for the football at Old Trafford), but today I got the chance to cheer Tris across the... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Norks Out!

  

  "What shall I write about today?" I wondered. And then the universe drops an absolute sitter into my lap.Today is the wonderful, Wonderbra National Cleavage Day. Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Strange Things in Pictures

  

  There seems to be a craze at the moment for photos with something weird hidden within ("don't tell - just share once you've found the mysterious thing - it... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2012 CULTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Web Wizardry

  

  Yesterday I was blinded by wizardry! I met with my web designer (aka the mice in the mouse organ), who is currently beavering away building the beast which is... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• My 'Challengingly Wonderful Life' - Update

  

  There is so much going on at the moment - so it's just a quick update from me today. The launch of 4Manchester Women is less than three weeks away now and... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• My Wonderful Gap Year Revisited: Bangkok - Malaysian Border

  

  It's five years this month since I started out on my epic around the world adventure. My gap year came at the tender age of 38 years, but I think the wait made... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Published by The Good Review - DNA, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester

  

  Earlier this week I went to a production at The Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, to review a play called DNA for 'The Good Review'. Click here to find out... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Canoeing the Caledonian Canal - Two Weeks to Go Update

  

  With our Caledonian Canal 60 mile challenge two weeks away, it was time for a bit of training yesterday. You can read a bit more about our challenge here, but... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Celebrating Mum at The St Anne's Hospice MCR Midnight Walk

  

  11.20am, Saturday 15th 2002. England were beating Denmark in the second round of the World Cup in Japan, it was a lovely sunny day, there was chicken casserole... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Day I Saw The Queen

  

  It is a truth universally acknowledged that most of us are pretty ambivalent about the Royal Family - unless they just happen to be rockin' up on our doorstep.... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Rare Sighting on the River Mersey!

  

  To us MancLand locals, this feels like a rare sighting indeed. No, not this pair of breeding Goosander Ducks, with their monster orange feet ........ But the... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2012 SELF EXPRESSION