As a follow up to my New Year New You podcast, I am going to do a monthly update evaluating how I am getting on with the things that I set myself SMART objectives for. Which was do some more competing with my pony Merlin, do more with my art and aim to sell a painting by December and finish writing my book.

A new topic for this year, I am looking at UFO sightings in the UK starting in Cumbria. This information is from the Government website which has published UFO sightings that have been reported from 1997 - 2009.

This weeks podcast contains a collection of ghost stories from Cumbria.

Happy New Year to all my listeners. At the beginning of every year I like to reflect on myself and my situation. What doesn't work, what I want to change about myself, what things I enjoyed doing and what I want to do more of. What things that I didn't enjoy and want to do less of next year.

Join me on this podcast as I review myself and set myself some personal goals for 2026. If you are doing this yourself remember to make sure they are SMART, specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timed. If you set yourself an unrealistic goal you are less likely to achieve it and it won't have the desired affect.

I was so organised in December preparing my news rant in advance, then forgot to publish it after too much Christmas Sherry. Sorry for the wait here it is.

This weeks podcast is about things that you can do with your partner, obviously there is the usual banter by myself which has nothing to do with the actual podcast and I sing at the end as well. For any James Blunt fans out there, yes you guessed it I am a little off key!

Christmas can be a lonely time though, so you can do quite a few of these things on your own or with your dog, you don't need to be part of a couple.

And Christmas is just one day, you don't have to enjoy yourself or feel great or spend a ridiculous amount of money on presents. Its about Christmas lights, brightening your house and bringing light into it during the cold dark winter. If you want to leave them up until March, go for it, who says you have to take them down on the twelfth night! Its about remembering those who are no longer with us, remembering the ghosts of the past, letting go, focusing on the future and the here and now. That like Scrooge you can change who you are and your behaviour. People can go and buy their own stuff, but spending time with people is something that you can't ever get back. When you are sitting in a nursing home looking at memories you won't ever think I wish I had been bought more stuff. You will be trying to cling onto the memories of the past, the fun, the laughter and most importantly of all the love.

This week as a Christmas special I have written a ghost story, sorry its not Christmas themed. As with everything that I do it is based on real events and things that have actually happened to me which I revel after the story.

This week I tell the story of 3 seperate women from different back grounds who all went missing in the year 2000.

Kellie Pratt missing 11 June 2000

Nicola Ray missing 2 May 2000

Vicky Glass missing 23rd September 2000, her body was later discovered on the Yorkshire Moors on 3rd November 2000.

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