40 Years In: What I’d Tell 20-Year-Old Me
First of all, Apologies for the cringey AI title image… As you are reading this I am in Lisbon, celebrating my 40th birthday….. FOUR BLOODY ZERO! I can’t quite believe…
Posts by Timbermane
Real Men Wear Pink: A Year After Losing Belle – Finding Support at Sands United FC Ashby
Next week will mark one year since my wife and I lost our daughter Belle, as you can imagine it’s been a challenging year, we’re both still standing and standing…
Turn Off the News: 5 Reasons Life in the UK Is Actually Pretty Good
It’s easy to get dragged into it all isn’t it? The doom and gloom! All you have to do is put the news on for five minutes or scroll through…
These 7 Quotes Changed How I See Life (They Might Do the Same for You)
The Quotes That Built Me We all carry things with us… not tools, not gear, but words. Quotes that stick. Lines that are said at the right time and stay…
The Manosphere, Raising Good Men, and the Role We Play as Fathers
The other night, after Mrs TimberMane and I had completed the bedtime routine we settled down to watch TV until neither of us could keep our eyes open any longer,…
A Week in The Lake District: Hard Graft, Good Ale and Headspace
A Week in The Lake District: Hard Graft, Good Ale and Headspace These last few days I’ve been away for work, well, I say work it was actually to do…
The Year of Challenges: Part 2 – Rat Race Burghley, 20 miles and 200 Obstacle Adventure
Part One of my Year of Personal Challenges saw me freezing my nuts off in a bath, surviving on eggs and disgusting bean based patties, plodding out 100 dark miserable…
Chasing The Sunrise in The Lake District
One November morning I peeled my head from the comfy pillow, swung my legs out from under the warm sheets, and questioned my actions… I must add this was always…
The Year of Challenges: Part I – Ice, Hunger & 100 Miles
In 2022 I decided that I was going to do something different, something outrageous, make a difference and hopefully spark some conversations… I settled on some challenges, a year of…
Beer Memories: The Pub That Watched Me Grow Up Might be Closing.
As the title suggests…. One of my favourite pubs might be closing! Alright, that might be a little overly dramatic and a tad presumptuous, but it is up for sale.…