Plant Based and Positive

17/09/2024

London to Paris Ride ✅

A huge thank you to everyone for your donations, support and encouragement! We are blown away by the amount raised for and cannot express just how thankful we are for your kind donations which will help others whose lives are affected by a Motor Neurone Disease.
Thank you all so much ❤️
If anyone else wishes to donate, the link is on my bio/profile page.

Our journey home on Sunday gave us time for reflection and as is often the way with us humans, we found that one of our highlights of the trip was the hardest day. Two punctures, extremities numb with the cold, dodging rain showers and always one more hill! As it turns out, when the going gets tough, the tough find the funny side, a snack and, after a cup of tea, get going again😄

Photos are of:

- The Start: Trafalgar Square, London. Feeling very excited and little bit nervous. 😃😬
- The Middle: Attempting to patch a tube with a 'gruffalo' plaster. (what were we thinking? We weren't. The cold was in our bones, brains were ceasing to function, delirium setting in. Much laughter ensued 😂)
- The Finish: Eiffel Tower, Paris. Feeling very excited and a little bit emotional. 🥳🥲

All in all, a memorable trip for a great charity.
Thank you again to all who supported us in every way, we really appreciate you xx

09/09/2024

Tomorrow my cousin and I will meet in London, under-prepared and over-excited to start our London to Paris bike ride! 😄 We're raising money for MNDA, a charity that has been very helpful to our family in recent years. If you would like to contribute, there's a link to our JustGiving page in my bio. No obligations though, a hearty comment of encouragement is equally appreciated! ❤️

01/09/2023

From my foggy run/walk this morning, the words from Thomas Hood's November poem came to mind "... no 't'other side the way'..."
September is here, and my aim is to see the sunrise every morning in September (I realise I've picked a good month as the sun will be riding slightly later each day 😁) but the main aim is to get me up early in the morning and out doing something whether it be a walk, a ride or the gym. I always feel better when I do so I'm trying to create good habits this month! Anyway, day 1 and there was no sunrise as it was so foggy! 😂 But I'm feeling good and it's Friday 🙃

27/07/2023

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22/04/2022

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What a magnificent covering we have been provided us with. The latest nanotechnology could not even replicate it.

When skin goes wrong, we could never be so arrogant as to suggest we know how to fix it. However, we can make the right conditions and nutrients available so that our innate intelligence can do its job, and heal. Just like it does every time we get a minor cut or scratch.

Our body's first instinct is survival, and second instinct is to be as healthy as possible. If we are not treating our bodies well, they will make sacrifices in order to survive, and our health may suffer. Our skin often takes the hit, because it has a huge surface area through which toxins and metabolic debris can be expelled.

Skin health is simple: Keep positioning the body in the midst of its ideal conditions and resources, and health remains. If skin health has been lost, this process may take longer, or require more radical action.

Health is gift; disease has to be earned through continual misuse of our bodies.

19/01/2022

The first sunrise of 2022..a very emotive and meditative moment. I like to watch the new year begin.. There's a certain feeling in the air, like witnessing the birth of something really special. Every sunrise feels peaceful and hopeful, like you're watching the earth wake up, stretch, yawn and glide elegantly into action but the first one of a new year is extra powerful!

18/01/2022

So I turned 40 earlier this month, and I feel so happy to be fitter, healthier, slimmer and happier at 40 than I was at 30 - there's a lot of factors that have brought this about but it all comes down to one thing: Better Choices. Changing your life starts with changing your mind. It all began with the somewhat stubborn decision to "figure this out myself" and embark on Project Sarah, following a doctors diagnosis of Generalised Anxiety Disorder and deciding that I was not disordered and didn't like being labelled by society (that's how I saw it)! That fired me up and I thought "I refuse to go down this route, I'm going to fix this thing myself, I don't have to be this way" - call it pride, call it stubborn, call it a rebel streak but either way, it gave me the kick to take responsibility for my mind and body. I was 31 and here we are, 9 years later.. No more panic attacks, no more high anxiety, no more depression, no more negative thought spirals. How? Basically taking an holistic, logical view of the situation - Lots of factors including diet, lifestyle, environment, faith, functional testing, cycling, mindset switches, lots of little choices that all came together to make everything better 😀The past two years of all the Covid negativity almost took me back to that stage but coming to Thailand has worked its magic and its all good! Bring on the 40's!💪😀🥳🌟

17/01/2022

Loy Krathong Festival or Festival of Lights. Loy Krathong means Floating Basket if I remember right.. One of main parts of this festival is lighting these intricately made baskets of flowers and setting them afloat down the river. It's symbolises letting go of the grief, struggles or negativity of the past year and welcoming in fresh hope for the year ahead. I chose a small but beautiful Krathong and set it afloat.. It really was quite emotive and I felt the meaning of this traditional as I placed it on the river and watched it float away, taking with it the stresses of the past couple of years but showing forth its light as a beacon of hope for the future❤️ the rest of the festival involves amazing floats, lanterns, traditional dances etc - so much light! 🌟

15/01/2022

"we travel not to escape life but for life not to escape us"
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Thought I'd start sharing some photos of our time in Thailand, it's been blissful to be back here in one of my happy places 😊❤️ more photos to come..

17/08/2021

You can go further with friends to help you😉 I had a great ride with these guys at the weekend, lots of fun - my first sportive event, the Cambridge Classic, 129km/80 miles (with the riding there and back, 145km/90 miles overall). It had been a while since I'd done a ride that long or that fast so I was going to opt for the shorter route but as it was pretty flat and I had good people to ride with I committed to the long one - no regrets at all, awesome day!😃 The burgers (yes, more than one😁) afterwards were👌