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It’s been a tough year for our mums with them both undergoing surgery, mine having a lumpectomy after DCIS was diagnosed in a routine mammogram and The Boyf’s mum under-going super high tech brain surgery to remove, what was thankfully, a non-malignant tumor. We have decided to spend the next …

How should you advise against killing a golden goose?

I’m currently studying a module at the Open University, E233: Sport & Exercise Psychology (a case study approach) and as part of the unit I was studying yesterday I read an interesting paper on the dropout rate of adolescent athletes from sport (Fraser-Thomas, J., Cote, J., & Deakin, J. (2008). …

Wham Bam, Yes Please, Jam

After an early start of 5:30am on Saturday 22nd, we arrived in Castleford in plenty of time to grab a quick breakfast from McDonald’s before heading in to register for the Wham Bam Thank You Jam (AKA the British Indoor Snowboard Championships). The new format seemed to be eagerly anticipated …