......so that was 2013

.....it's been a poor year for blogging - so for the sake of completeness of my 'diary' i feel i should have a quick look back and see what i can remember of the year.

places: we started the year with a visit to liverpool to see sarah and managed to take in the tate which was pretty cool. there was a trip to leeds for pegs naming ceremony. we had two trips to high wycombe - the first the see sarah and alice dance and the second as part of our summer holidays. for those holidays we headed south with the camper for our longest stay in the camper ever of over two weeks. during this time we took in stratford upon avon (bike rides, walks, shakespeare) and the new forest (bike rides, runs, horses(!), villages, cars, cathedrals) and started and finished with the hills. we then had am october trip to north yorkshire and our 'christmas with the millers' trip to northumberland.
not bad......

exercise: it's been a great year with my running improving hand over fist! my minute per mile pace is now down to 8 minute mile pace after starting the year nearer 11 minute mile pace. so there's been lots of running to achieve that. there's been a coast to coast bike ride and the durham big ride later in the year.

music: two wiseguys have had a great year playing live around the north east which culminated in a great gig at the gala theatre in durham in october. after a quiet end to the year we're ready for 2014! there's been only a little djing this year which needs addressing this coming year.

family: christine is doing great with her degree and now only has her dissertation to do next year and then she's done. she's looking forward to being finished as working full time and studying is very demanding. luke continues to be obsessed with farming and motorbikes and seems to be about three times taller this year than he was last. jonathan has started sixth form and is really getting into his sport with regular parkruns and lots of cycling. very proud of all three of them!

all in all it's been a good year defined by the completely relaxing time we've spent together over christmas this year. for me work has been demanding over the last 3 months or so and i need to figure out how to contain work within the working day rather than in encroaching into days off and weekends. i'll figure it out.

but we're all good..... and hope you are....