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30 Things update

2/29/2012

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We're taking a short break from the author platform and online presence so I can update you on my 30 Things progress! The list has been slightly edited (see highlighted bits) to better reflect my forthcoming plans, now that things are finally slotting into place for the rest of the year. Nothing I can tick off this month, but I am making progress on Items 5 & 21 and the revised 3 & 4...

1.   DONE - Fly First Class long haul from anywhere to anywhere
2.   Take a photography course
3.   DELETE - Climb something on our island like Snowdon or Ben Nevis 
      REPLACED WITH - Experience the Caledonian sleeper train to Scotland & ride around Edinburgh in a funky Billy Connolly style Trike
4.   DELETE - Have a canal barge holiday
      REPLACED WITH - Visit 1 of the countries in my Top 3 “before it changes forever” list - Cuba
5.   Sort out proper storage for my favourite belongings
6.   DONE - Try 3 new variations of foods
7.   Walk the beautiful Jurassic Coastline
8.   Complete a family tree with at least 50 people on it
9.   Fun family photo shoot
10. Fly in a Tiger Moth
11. Tandem sky dive
12. Bake a marble cake just like my mum’s
13. Make a decent curry
14. Finish writing the Dalton Trilogy
15. DELETE - Exhibit Little Child at a mental health exhibition
      REPLACED WITH - Self publish an informative eBook on Amazon
16. Publish a paid article
17. Feature photos on shutterstock.com
18. Catalogue my last 10 years of travels
19. Lose 14 lbs
20. Host a dinner party from scratch (3 courses)
21. Build a new desk area for the office
22. Do 1 presentation to an audience
23. DELETE - Experience a murder mystery party weekend 
      REPLACED WITH - Ride the London Eye
24. Interview 3 Indie authors from Twitter
25. (Market and) sell 100 copies of Little Child
26. Take a weekend TEFL course
27. Achieve 3000 unique visitor hits on my website in a month (Feb 2012 was 2666)
28. Make some serious progress on my Writers Bureau course
29. Local book signing
30. Walk parts of the Thames Trail

I've also been reading Yahoo's article this morning - 10 places to see before you die - and can happily say I've already seen 3 of the 10 (which was more than I expected!)
I've travelled through the Canadian Rockies on the fabulous Rocky Mountaineer, stood up close, been sprayed with and microlighted over the thunderous Victoria Falls (Zambian side) and marveled at the Great Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx in Egypt.

Still so much to do though...!
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    Blogging is an amazing concept so here I am giving it a whirl. You'll get words. You'll get pics. Sometimes a vid or two. You'll get tongue in cheek, the odd humble opinion and an honest insight into my travels and writing life. Maybe even a few gems along the way. I'll be musing on home turf as I see more and more of the UK and sharing my experiences further afield on holidays and adventurous trips across the globe. 

    Things you need to know about me: I love music. I love books. I love laughter. I love comedy, theatre and the opera. And mixed with all of that, I LOVE to travel, write and take photos.

    And, as of the 3rd April 2017, I'm on another journey, very different to my travel adventures. This is a journey of recovery. From grief, from depression and from Fibromyalgia. I will also be sharing the impacts these things have on my life now;  how I don't want them to change me, but they will, and already have, and yes, it's a rollercoaster.

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