Miles with Michelle

Here’s my 2026 short book reviews - please feel free to leave your own recommendations for me too. I’ll update it each time I finish a book 🙃 📚

Good morning Mr Horse. We say hi to this horse most mornings on our dog walk 🥰

The true story of how a Newfoundland community came together on September 11th 2001 to help thousands of stranded air passengers when US airspace was closed. A beautiful, uplifting read, despite being set in the shadow of tragic events.

We rest our bodies, but do we rest our brains? Constant noise and overwork impact not just our brain health. 5 tips from a neuroscientist to recharge: 🌳 Forest bathe 💤 Nap to help your brain grow ⏸️ Do nothing, to boost creativity 🎈 Play and be silly 💭 Let your mind wander

Here’s my 2026 short book reviews - please feel free to leave your own recommendations for me too. I’ll update it each time I finish a book 🙃 📚

Under and over the canal. This morning’s run 🥰 ☀️

I don’t normally do mornings but out early with the dog. Views took my breath away this morning - mist hanging low in the valleys and crepuscular rays. Beautiful 😍

@BriShaw81 🤣 definitely not massive, but lost count of how many times I was up and down the stairs

@mileswithshell How big is your house? 🤣🤣🤣

Haven’t actually left the house today but still managed to cover almost 15,000 steps. Been doing my summer deep clean so been on the go all day 🤣

14ish miles and 1800 feet climbed today. Very humid, like running in an oven but some lovely moments including very cute calves, a pheasant joining us for a while, and views over to the Lake District, Peak District and Snowdonia #ukrunchat

Saw a sheep chatting to a heron on my run this morning. Wonder what they were saying to one another. #ukrunchat

@AlCalves100 Wow! Gorgeous day - lucky you

Worked from home today so I could ride from home tonight ... what an evening. 🚴‍♂️ 😊👌 Yorkshire Dales you absolute beauty ! 😍

@emmalougheed Alnwick is a great shout - my husband lived there for a while so lots of happy memories along that coastline - beautiful area

@mileswithshell Or Northumberland? We stayed in Alnwick this weekend and there’s a pretty good bus service between Newcastle and Berwick upon tweed that covers some of the coastal villages.

Where is the best seaside town in Great Britain? My daughter wants to go to the seaside in August, my mum wants me to take her away for a few days. Where can we travel easily to on the train (from Liverpool or Manchester) where I can entertain a 13yo and a 66yo for 2-3 days?

@emmalougheed Yes! I am also trying to find somewhere with an easily accessible parkrun 🤣

@mileswithshell Whitby or Scarborough. Or Largs is great - easy to get to Glasgow for the day, good bus service along the coast, ferry to Cumbra and also Bute and visit Mount Stewart (which might have a parkrun!), it’s just not a big resort sort of seaside. Or what about north wales?

@BettyRaspa1 Very happy memories of Scarborough holidays when I was a kid 😍

@mileswithshell Filey is lovely. The beach is huge when the tide is out. Nice to walk along the Brigg at low tide too. You can get the bus up and down the coast and visit Flamborough, Brid, Scarborough. Whitby is lovely too.

@bigbaddoctor Love Southport but that’s very close to mum, she wants to go a bit further away to have a bit of a holiday. Grange is a good shout though.

@mileswithshell Sunny Southport? Grange over sands? Other suggestion all good too

@JeanetteBeer1 It’s so nice. It was my first ultra and I only chose the 40 because I really wanted to see Major Oak en route 😍 Happy memories

@mileswithshell Yes! Hazel Gap aid station. I did the 30 that year and you the 40. Lovely course

@TheSteveBenson Aw Steve, really do think social media makes all this much worse doesn’t it. Hope you can get outside and find some joy and perspective and feel better soon ❤️

@JeanetteBeer1 Aw hope you had a great time. Think this photo was taken 9 years ago? Pretty sure it was the same year we moved over to Manchester - 2017?

@mileswithshell Hope so. Did Dukeries 40 last month, did think of you on the route

@JeanetteBeer1 You’ll be great!

@mileswithshell 50k😱

@JeanetteBeer1 Ooooh hope it goes well for you. How far is that?

@mileswithshell Going at the weekend. Small matter of an Ultra Scarborough to Whitby run to do😳

Trying to spread this word about this new grant. Do you have a group that aims to protect the environment or encourage participation in the outdoors or sport? They have a €1 million fund available - applications open until midday on 30th June. Please share #ukrunchat