Rosie Stancer is the embodiment of the idea that with self-belief, motivation and application, anyone can push themselves beyond their perceived limitations and achieve the extraordinary.
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Cinders Glass slipslops
December 9th, 2011Buckingham Palace cloakroom attendants have never seen anything like it. Rails of puffas, Pertex tops and sensible anoraks along with a mountain of multi-coloured stuff sacks. The Queen was holding …
Read MorePolar Chattels Chat
December 8th, 2011A quick amber alert to any viewers who happen to catch me on Antiques Road Show at 7.30pm, BBC 1, this Sunday. The antique is not me, but rather some …
Read MoreCinders and Operation Moth Ball
December 7th, 2011CINDERS & OPERATION MOTH BALL Monday. Whistled through London faster than a Schumacher pit stop for meetings topped off with rather controversial private art viewing. Like the girlie I am …
Read MoreMake it snappy
November 29th, 2011Kick the mud off me wellies, shake the straw out of my (similarly coloured) hair and dig the dirt out of my fingernails. Time to get back onto track of …
Read MorePipe Dreams
November 18th, 2011Giving after dinner speeches is nothing to be sniffed at. It’s quite a feat of endurance. By the time all the processions, ceremonies, rituals, serial course dinner, followed by copious …
Read MorePrepping for the Pole
October 19th, 2011Summer and Autumn have been boxing and coxing since the last blast of heat in September. Finally, it would seem that Summer has laid down her sunglasses and given over …
Read MoreBog Standard Blog
August 14th, 2011Stolen a week of ‘summer’ holiday up on North Uist, the wild and natural habitat of my cousin Fergus. The weather is filthy, of course, with a biting wind and that very …
Read MoreTrain of Thought
May 16th, 2011Tuesday: raced into London to attend Evensong at St Paul’s Cathedral attended by the British Antarctic Monument Trust. The event was held to mark the unveiling of a memorial to …
Read MoreOn the run in the Phillies
April 15th, 2011Running in any country is a great way of tuning into your surroundings. Or as in this instance in the Philippines, running two hours in 80 degrees plus every morning, …
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