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Shauna Reid

Welcome, weary traveller! I'm Shauna Reid, an Australian writer who moved to Scotland nine years ago in pursuit of adventure and kilts

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Up & Running Summer winners

06/Jun/2013

World's best emoticons, designed by saralando.com

Anyone else busting for a holiday after all those Up & Running giveaway comments? Here are the lucky winners are declared by the Random Number Generator:

  • Georgia‘s round-the-world romp would include Spain, Germany, Holland, France, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Japan, Vietnam, Vanuatu, and New York.
  • Sarah‘s tour would start in Denmark so she and her similarly Lego obsessed child can get their fix.
  • Emmaline would do “an international (mostly European) tour de la famille”.
  • Nicole is going country downhill skiing with friends and family in British Columbia with and evenings in a cosy lodge with Jamie Oliver as her personal chef and cooking teacher.
  • Beth would head home to Australia and do all the wonderful Aussie things she’s never done – Uluru, Broome, Margaret River…

Thanks everyone who entered and congratulations to the winners – I’ve emailed you with the details. Please get in touch ASAP to claim your prize!

Missed out this time round? There’s still time to join in – the courses start next week! Come along and join the club, it’s a hoot, I promise! For both the running and Sara’s brilliant emoticons!

World's best emoticons, designed by saralando.com

 

Win a spot on the June Up & Running 5k or 10k course

31/May/2013

Comrades! It’s that time again when I clumsily pimp my wares and see if I can tempt you to try out what one of our members has wonderfully dubbed, an “international running club”, better known as Up & Running. Would you like to have a summer of run? Or a winter, if you’re on the Read More

Venice

Tasty snippets from Italy

15/May/2013

When Julia picked me up at Bologna airport she asked, “Do you want to get straight to work, or would you like a surprise?” Umm… We hit the autostrade and she whisked us away for… an afternoon in Venice. Venice! I know it’s been ten years and I should be over the novelty of countries with Read More

Walking in Bologna – 2013

13/May/2013

I’m just back from the Up & Running retreat in Bologna. Good times, great gelato! One of the highlights was the Julia Jones Running Festival 6K race on the last day… I confess I’d been too obsessed with the chatting, the goodie bags and the pre-race banana supply for our runners to really think about the Read More

Up & Running winners

24/Feb/2013

Teleportation and the ability to fly were your most wished for superpowers! Here are the U&R giveaway winners as chosen by the Random Number Generator: Penny would like the ability to sleep and an empathy gun Caitlyn would like to control the weather Jerilyn wants to clone herself Lilliam longs to clean her entire house with the snap Read More