I am writing this entry weeks and weeks after the quiz. Can I still maintain the use of the present tense to give readers the sense that all the action is happening right now? Probably not. I can’t remember anything about the quiz - I think I’ve given up remembering stuff about [...]

I arrive late again, and Stu has already taken care of a team name, which commemorates the recent thirtieth anniversary of Elvis’s unfortunate demise and gets an impressive reception when it’s read out. There are a ridiculous 19 teams in the house tonight, and during round one we’re standing by the fireplace, which we [...]

The team this week consists of me, Stu and Oli, and although I arrive catastrophically late, Stu and Oli have got round one pretty much covered, and all I need to do is help think of a team name. Stu’s suggestions are all quite amusing, but tasteless to the extent that we’d probably have [...]

Prologue
Our first attempt at an endurance race had ended ignominiously in retirement after 70 miles, when our target had been 120. So having failed to complete a 12 hour race, obviously the logical thing to do is enter a 24 hour event and see how that goes. Working in our favour was a comprehensive upgrading [...]