

KILIMANJARO HERE I COME (MAYBE)!
A couple of thoughts for today – “no gain without pain,” as in the utmost importance of exercising/training even when you don’t really feel like it, and “you’re never too old to scale the heights.” That second thought first. I was on my way in to the swimming pool when I overheard a lady clearly much older than me talking about a trip she had just returned from. It wasn’t clear to me exactly what she was talking about, just that she had found something “tougher than Kilima


LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LINE
I have spent the last two days discovering a new (ish) skill – counterweighting*. OK, so this isn’t completely new to me. I’ve performed a counterweighted hoop act and have spent the last four years immersed in creating a show where all the aerial was counterweighted. BUT . . . I was always the one on the end of the line, doing my thing, whilst Dave or someone else did the hard work - climbing up and down a ladder, essentially creating the beautiful effects on stage. Now I


Big Buzz in a Cornish Valley... (and I'm not talking about bees!)
A warm welcome to my first blog! A taste of everything in my life - circus, performance, Cornwall, travel and anything that takes my fancy really! I hope you enjoy and follow me through this journey... Quite unexpectedly today, I found myself returning to somewhere I spent a fair amount of time at when I was younger. Chyan Farm, near Penryn in Cornwall. For those of you who don’t know the space, it’s a farm where Swamp Circus do a lot of their work. Upon arrival, you park