Deva Divas 2014

I have loved a handful of women in my life and I couldn't give you a common link or thread between them all. Some were fun, some were more serious, some were short, some were tall, I'm going to stop there before I sound like a slut (Too late! Ed.). But the point is I didn't think I had a type.

Until yesterday I would have stood by that statement, but having been to the ladies only Deva Diva’s triathlon I can tell you that tri-athletes are definitely my type. Not physically you understand, there were all sorts of body types and levels of fitness there from the skinny to super Athletic to the more solid body type shall we say.

The thing that united them was the strength of character, the sheer strength of will to face a challenge and not to shy away from it. My wife is most definitely one of those people. Of course the wetsuit doesn't hurt at all…

Anansi Boys – Neil Gaiman

Charles “Fat Charlie” Nancy is an unremarkable Londoner whose staid boring world is thrown into complete uproar by the death of his mostly absent father who it turns out wasn’t a vivacious retiree in Florida but the physical incarnation of the West African Spider God Anansi. Still reeling from this Fat Charlie’s previously unknown brother then turns up at his door, seduces Charlies fiancé and implicates him in a embezzlement scam that could have fatal consequences for them all. Charlie is then forced into a quest to prove his innocence and save them all from Anansi’s oldest and most vicious enemy.

Neil Gaiman wrote the book on magical realism, actually he’s written several of them including Neverwhere, American Gods and the Sandman graphic novels. And like those in Anasi Boys he weaves myth and folk stories throughout the narrative which give it a real depth. The Stories showing Anansi’s sense of humour are great and in general I found this one of the funniest of his books. There is a sense of playfulness with the reader being tempered by a much darker side that seems to lurk threateningly in the background always ready to pounce.

Warm up Run