Hello there! Welcome back, I hope. I guess this is my first “proper” blog post on the new and (hopefully) improved Lipstick, Lettuce & Lycra. I feel like it should be something epically amazing and awe inspiring. But it isn’t. It’s the end of the month, and at the end of the month I do

On the 23rd June 2016 I set myself a challenge to take a photo an hour. I had the idea it would be nice to document the same day every year with a photo an hour and see how things change over time. Last year the 23rd June was a Thursday. It was also EU

Morning! How are you all today? This week has been quite busy, but I wouldn’t say hugely interesting. I don’t have any fascinating tales to regale you with like that time I found a pie on the street and dropped a bottle of beer. We did find a toaster on the street. I tried to

Well Hi there! Happy Sunday morning again. Except when I write this it’s actually Saturday afternoon, because on Sunday morning I will be focusing very hard on being an Aflete as once again I am spending what promises to be a hot and sunny summer day locked in a sports hall wearing head to toe

Morning! Right now I am in Hayfever hell. I took my antihistamine an hour ago and the effect it has had on my itchy eyes and sniffy nose and scratchy throat and ears seems to be minimal. I am basically pretty miserable, but fortunately I have a blog where I can whinge about it. Whinge,

Late last night, while I was actually enjoying Pride and Prejudice and Zombies on Netflix, news of another terror attack in London started to come in. The reports were confused to start with, as they often are, then there were scenes of people leaving Borough Market with their hands on their heads and reports of

Good morning! I hope it’s a lovely sunny bank holiday weekend where you are? This weekend has been glorious sunshine in Norwich, which was pretty predictable as I have been inside a sweaty sports hall at a Roller Derby bootcamp. The minute I have free time it will invariably rain. I am planning to take

Well hey there! How are you all today? The sun is shining, I can hear birds singing and I’m feeling pretty good. I have absolutely no intention of making the most of the lovely weather.  I plan to spend today watching some Roller Derby, and then this weeks Drag Race, even though Jinxx Monsoon totally

Moooorning! How are you all today? I’m writing this wrapped in a hotel bathrobe sitting in bed opposite a HUGE floor to ceiling window with a view over docklands, which is pretty damn cool. However, that is a stay that I plan to bore you about in great detail next week as I am here