Melanie Renowden

Still here in Chester. Not ready for them to leave yet!

I notice when running past canal fishermen that I never see phones. Or books though tbh. There must be some special kind of fishing zen.

Ooh, I haven’t seen that before. Just perfect. ❤️

They’re here! Arrived late last night and now circling our heavy grey skies. Busy with nest-making industry.

Will do!

Ooh, lucky, and the perfect skies for them. No sign yet in Chester. My annual jubilant WhatsApp message to my husband tells me that we’re still a week early for their arrival in the NW.

Mission: accomplished!

What an experience. Thank you to all the supporters and sponsors, you really made it ❤️.

If you could spare a few £ in sponsorship for @ukyouth.bsky.social we’d both be hugely grateful 🙏

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#LondonMarathon finishing touches underway. Hot = hydration…

Start time 11:20
Bib number 73387
You can follow the gory details on the TCS London Marathon app

Any extra sponsorship pennies for @ukyouth.bsky.social would be hugely appreciated 🙏

www.givengain.com/project/mela...

What a milestone and what a glorious day for it - a big parkrun round of applause for you! Love the cape!!

And old door handles as tool hooks. Genius!

Swoon, what a beauty ❤️

Yep, but it wasn’t long for this world anyway to be honest. Eowyn has just hastened its end. And made a big mess doing it!

No sign of ruby slippers sadly #Eowyn.

Update: after a wintry trot through the forest, I can confirm that snow runs are the best. Fingers be damned.

Snow-watch at the plot. The cold frame has succumbed and the pond ice is weight-bearing. But the greenhouse stands majestic and the plucky daffs are poking through.

Cold, slippery training runs this week, with many more miles on the horizon…

I’m running the London Marathon for UK Youth and any sponsorship you can spare would will help them extend their life-changing work 🙏⬇️
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Just a few weeks left to apply for our regional director roles, or as the founding managing director of a new HEI.

Career defining roles. A lovely team. A chance to have a big impact. The opportunity to work with brilliant leaders across your region and nationally.

Education must not adopt a 'startup mentality' But the sector can move faster from idea to implementation with due care

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The latest allotment must-have: a bus stop greenhouse (not mine, sadly)

On the beauty of school collaboration www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...

The best bit of teaching - that “I made a difference” feeling. A third have it every day, and another third a few times a week.

How many jobs get to say that?

@teachertapp.bsky.social results onelink.to/teachertapp

Interesting analysis, enjoyably readable & features another eg of seemingly eternal truth that HTs/SLT report over-rosily on what’s going on for their teachers compared to the teachers themselves. Same in our report on mentoring in schools.
For leaders: it’s probably worse than you think 😬

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We’ve got a great webinar lined up for anyone involved in teacher preparation or development, bringing together our recent research findings. You can sign up below - do come along, questions/feedback v welcome. #EduSky

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Nine month a year gwender-sufferer 🙋🏻‍♀️

Thank you! But I should fess up that Pont y Bala has the major advantage of being a dead flat out-and-back on a totally smooth path. They seem to pretty much expect a PB from everyone!

Spot of #parkrun tourism this morning with the very friendly volunteers at Llyn Tegid

Watching the incredible Mo Farah telling his story at #CSTConf24 seems a good moment to say: despite being someone who definitely DOES NOT enjoy running 20+ miles, I’ll be doing the London Marathon for UKYouth to offer vital support to young people. Any sponsorship would be v kind 🙏 lnkd.in/eEqWyBHp