About Me

South Wales, United Kingdom
Im forty something! Married, mum to two wonderful daughters, both very different, both very special. Im originally from Edinburgh but have spent almost 2/3rds of my life in South Wales now and so am probably as much Welsh (if not more) than Scottish. Until the age of 16 (when I left Edinburgh) I spent a lot of time with Great uncles and aunts in East and West Lothian,but also with family and friends in the centre of the city. So had an equal country and city upbringing. I would spend hours walking in the Pentland hills (with family, friends, alone), hours in the countryside, hours in the dress shops in town with my friends, trying on endless outfits I couldnt afford, hours dreaming that I would marry Paul Michael Glaser (Starsky!!) and definitely hours planning that once I had made it as an actress (which is why Paul would fall madly in love with me) I would learn to fly a plane, hopefully it would help with my developing fear of heights, star in a west end show, have a hit single and buy a ranch somewhere that Paul and I could hear the wolves howling in the distance. Then I had dreams! Read the rest of my story starting at Broken Dreams

Thursday 23 February 2012

What a year!!

A bit late but I've just been doing a bit of a look back at the things Ive done since I first walked up Fan Fawr last year.  There were quite a few moments of 2011 that I definitely want to forget about BUT hey - get this list!

  • Ive climbed up, walked to or walked in -
  • Fan Fawr
  • Garreg Lwyd
  • Cribarth
  • Tair Carn Isaf & Uchaf
  • Llyn y fan fach
  • Llyn y fan fawr
  • Whiteford Point
  • Carreg Cennen
  • Swgd yr Eira
  • British Camp, Malverns
  • Malham Cove 
  • Mynydd Ichyd
  • Elan Valley
  • Corn Ddu
  • Melin cwrt falls
  • Rhosilli Down
  • Henrhyd waterfall
  • Some hill in Yorkshire - cant remember the name! 
  • The mountain behind Dan Yr Ogof (Garreg Goch?)
  • Pen y Fan - 5 TIMES!!!!!!! well 5 to the top (once on my own!) and another twice, once where we only got to the base of Corn Ddu and once when we only made it 3/4 way up.  The most recent ascent was on the anniversary of climbing Fan Fawr - and this time Becky made it all the way up to the top too.
  • Ive been to North Wales and been at the base of the Pyg Track - too late in the day and with the wrong sort of weather to even consider climbing up.
  • I took part in the Race for Life twice and the Memory walk once (Thank you all you wonderful people who sponsored me for the three events)
  • I been out on the bike I bought - cycling in the Afan Valley and on the Millennium Coastal Path. 
  • I had my first ever motorbike lesson!
  • I had an amazing rally driving experience.
  • Ive had an ice skating lesson. 
  •  Visited the Eden Project
  • Seen the summer solstice sun come up over Pentre Ifan in Pembrokeshire and sat on Pen Y Fan watching the sun go down over Fan Fawr.
  • I had a go at abseiling - but chickened out at the last moment (and scarily the pack to have a go this year arrived today - eeeek) 
  • Visited Oxford for the first time and climbed up the Carfax Tower!  

Now if you look at each thing on its own ... well there isn't anything outstanding there really.

But put them all together ...... the last 13 months have been fairly amazing.

Ive walked further than I ever dared imagine, I've pushed myself to do things that I'd always wanted to but never felt I could, I've beaten my fears on some things and not on others and I've fought personal and work battles and won!

And that's the biggest thing I suppose -

I won!
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