Tony Frobisher
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Hills and Wishes
The hill stretches out in front of me. The gradient not too unkind, for now. Yet it is continuous, unrelenting. The hill a struggle, as all hills seem to be. When you have reached the age of 50 and your legs have thousands of miles of cycling in them, the mind is fond of reminding…
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A Wish Is More Than A Dream
It has been 11 years since I first started fundraising and taking part in some amazing physical challenges. Challenges that have led me to climbing to the summit of Kilimanjaro, standing opposite Mount Everest, cycling the length of Britain in 10 days and running the London marathon. Since 2007, I have raised over £32,000 /…
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A Father’s Story – Life, Grief and Fitness
Exercise: The Importance of Movement I have always been fit and active. At university I was a keen hockey player, training or playing up to 6 days a week. After university, a career in management, and then teaching began. As is so often the way, fitness and sport was overtaken by stress, long hours,…
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The Forgotten Art of Handwriting
I am a writer. There, I said it. “A writer?” you say… By what definition? At the simplest level I am a writer, because I sit down and write. I am writing a novel (21,000 words in and 80,000 to go…), I write poetry; at last count over 280 poems featured on my instagram account…
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The Year of Living Creatively
2018 is a month in. February has arrived and what does this year hold in store? A year that began with hope and optimism, and to a large extent has carried that optimism still. My New Year resolution was made with the best of intentions. And unlike so many broken resolutions of previous years, I…
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