Wednesday 9 January – Rooftop cocktails

Current location: Ettalong Beach
11.11am, Working from home. In the afternoon, we cooled off with a lovely swim. I love this relaxed life here. Val and I have been trying to find a good margarita (the drink, not the pizza) so tonight we tried Frankie's, a rooftop bar in Woy Wow – and the margaritas were good!

Tuesday 8 January – My physio gang

Current location: Rose Bay
11.11am, At physio. My friend Lara was with me (we have the same physio and we adore him so we like to go to appointments together). Afterwards I went for lunch with Sha, Jess and Bree, and it was just magical. These girls are so important to me! I met my friend Kristie for a coffee, and in between all these things (and in the afternoon), I worked. I love how flexible my job/bosses are – today I worked from a friend's house, a coffee shop and a train, as well as Val's house.

Monday 7 January – Dinner party

Current location: Sydney
11.11pm, Going to sleep at Sha and Tristan's. We'd been for dinner, and they'd made a yummy vegan stew (they're going vegan until March!) and we had wine and played some meme games and just bloody loved being together. I adore these two so hugely.

Sunday 6 January – An unexpected day

Current location: Sydney
11.11am, At Una's! It's Andy's fave breakfast spot, an Austrian joint we love that just happens to now be at the end of Nick and Bree's road. We had a tasty brekky and then Andy and I had a lovely day in Sydney hitting the shops. We bought ourselves some awesome stuff from Gorman, picked up some pressies, had a yum Thai lunch and then headed back up the coast for a cinema trip... But the film was sold out. So we went home and watched Black Mirror and ate pizza and drank wine. So even though we were super disappointed not to be in Melbourne (going to visit family and friends), we ended up having the loveliest day together.

Saturday 5 January – Eight hours of nowhere

Current location: Malabar
11.11am, At the beach! Andy and I came to the beach with Rachael today – and its was sooooo hot. The sea felt incredible to dive into, and fixed my mini-hangover from the night before (which I made worse by going to the gym, then tried to make better by going to Bitton). After the beach, Rach dropped us at the airport, where we were supposed to be getting a flight to Melbourne. Sadly, it was delayed, so we killed some time, waiting. Then we got on the plane about 1.5 hours after we were supposed to have left. Then we sat on the plane some more. Then some more. It was because there was a storm, and the flight couldn't take off with lightning around (fair). We sat on the plane for three hours before they decided to cancel it, and we all got off again. Then the real fun began! Thanks to the storm, most flights had been cancelled, meaning the airport was FULL of pretty angry/disappointed people, and the queues to reschedule flights was hours long (literally... there were still so many people waiting to be seen when the airport closed at 10pm). Andy and I tried online and on the phone (on hold for 1.5 hours) to try to figure out flights, eventually finding out we couldn't get a flight for the next 2 days (until after our return leg left!). The end result: we couldn't go, and eight hours later we finally left the airport and went to Nick and Bree's, where they made us beans on toast and gave us a bed for the night.

Friday 4 January – Rooftop party

Current location: Alexandria
11.11pm, Drinking on Mia and Gaz's rooftop. After work I went back to Yee's house, then we headed to Mia's for a barbie on her incredible rooftop. It has such a cool view, and it was a beautiful evening with some absolute corkers of friends.

Thursday 3 January – Back at it

Current location: Sydney
11.11am, Doing some work for a magazine, with Yeezy, one of my best friends who I used to work with at New Idea. It was ace to be with her, and in a busy office. After work I met Breezer and we went for a delish dinner with a beautiful view – we ate chicken and cauliflower and pork and corn and chips and quesadilla and it was all sooooo good!

Wednesday 15 May – End of the challenge

Current location: Penzance
11.11am, At work! I have a couple more days and then a week or two off, and I have my ACL surgery scheduled for Friday!! As I only found out a couple of weeks ago, I had a very short period of time to get fit and strong (last time, I had a 7 month wait and spent the last 7 weeks of that on a very strict prehab regime). I've been a lot more relaxed this time around, but still doing as much as I can to lose a bit of weight, put on muscle and get my legs super strong. Anyway, tonight I went for my fitness testing and found out I've lost 7.3% body fat, and 2.2kg (and reduced my metabolic age by 11 years!). I celebrated by doing a kettlebells class, having a sports massage and then coming home and eating dinner and drinking wine. Feeling good, strong, prepared and ready.

Tuesday 14 May – Fajitas and wine

Current location: Penzance
11.11pm, Home from Ruth's. I went there to eat Mexican food, have a glass of wine and a catch-up with her and James. It was chilled, delicious and just really relaxed and nice (I brought my dressing gown with me, it was that relaxed!).

Monday 13 May – Focus group

Current location: Portreath
11.11am, At a focus group I organised for Wed Magazine. We had such a lovely group of brides-to-be (and one groom!) who gave us such insight and so much useful feedback! Then Brendan, Rebecca and I had a debrief lunch after, then I headed to the gym. Productive day!

Sunday 12 May – Getting qualified

Current location: Truro
11.11am, At a netball coaching course. It went allllll day, but was pretty fun and I met some lovely people. Now I have lots of netball homework to do, and then hopefully I pass my assessment!

Saturday 11 May – St Ives Food Festival

Current location: Cubert
11.11am, Meeting little Ralph! He's Nicky and Rambo's new son, and he is absolutely scrumptious. I got lots of lovely cuddles, and some gorgeous time hanging out with their daughter Lorna too, and some lovely catch-ups with Nicky and Rambo. What a fab family!
In the afternoon, I went to St Ives Food Festival with Kate, Tamara and Stacey, and it was amazing! The weather was beautiful, so I parked at Carbis Bay and walked from there and it was simply stunning. The food festival was ace – we ate wraps the size of our heads, plus fudge, brownies, sausage rolls, cider – the lot!

Friday 10 May – Where shall we go?

Current location: Penzance
11.11pm, Heading home with our friends Charlie and Lou, who stayed at ours. We'd met after work, had a few drinks at home, then had plans to go to Pico Rico for dinner, then to the Old Coastguard fr board games... we didn't make either of them! Pico Rico was full, so we decided to cook at home instead, and then we opted for the Lamp & Whistle, which was awesome!

Thursday 9 May – Bottom of the hill

Current location: Penzance
11.11pm, Home, asleep. In the eve, Ruth and I met for an impromptu wine at Lovetts, which is at the other end of the prom for me, and the bottom of the hill for Ruth. Perfect middle ground! What a lovely, spontaneous, delicious catch-up.

Wednesday 8 May – 2nds last game

Current location: Penzance
11.11am, Making driving plans for tonight's netball match. It's the 2nds last game, so I went to watch and cheer. Jaz, my friend from my team, was filling in, and it was ace to see her playing amongst such a good standard. The girls ended up winning by lots, so proud of them!

Monday 6 May – Kids parties

Current location: Penzance
11.11am, Doing a few bits at home. In the afternoon we went to Pippa and Jo's, for Bea's 6th birthday party. It was so sweet and fun, they played games in the garden, did some colouring, made some bracelets and ate party food. Simples. I love this little girl, happy birthday lovely Bea!

Sunday 5 May – Beach rounders

Current location: Penzance
11.11am, At home, pottering. After a late-ish start, we went over to Porthchapel with Ruth, James and their crew, and it was absolutely beautiful down there. Proper beach day! We took a picnic and played rounders and had a swim (it was freezing!) and just totally loved being back on the beach. Roll on summer.

Saturday 4 May – Backyard barbies

Current location: Chyenhal
11.11pm, In Ruth and James' back garden. They were having a party for James' 40th, and the afternoon had been so amazing. We'd had barbecued mackerel, loads of amazing salads, delicious wines and then played lawn games (Kubb) and chatted and milled around in the cool breeze and the dappled light. It was so relaxed and lovely, and then when the evening came around, the lit a bonfire and we played Charades (a version Tim made up called Nigel Farades) and ate marshmallows and had the loveliest time.

Wednesday 1 May – Firsts finishing strong

Current location: Penzance
11.11am, Looking at the league ladder for the 1st team of Penzance Netball Club. They needed to win tonight to avoid relegation (by 1 point!) and were playing a team a few places above them on the ladder. Well... they went out nervous but absolutely smashed it, the team playing so well together and ending up winning by 20! It was great match, and they were all buzzing after. What a rollercoaster sport is, and how much I love it!

Tuesday 30 April – 5ths last game

Current location: Penzance
11.11pm, getting home from Wadebridge. The 5th team, who I help to coach sometimes, had their last game tonight. They knew they'd finish 2nd and be promoted, but they were desperate to end the season with a high. Well... what a game. It was so close all the way through, with Wadebridge getting ahead, then we'd catch them. We couldn't quite manage to put our foot down and pull away, and I made some changes to try to make it happen. This young amazing team soaked up the pressure and kept battling, managing to keep a really cool head, and draw even in the last minute, then go ahead by two to take the win! It was such an incredible end to a very strong season for them, and I have been totally honoured to get to know this group of hardworking, talented and kind young women.

Saturday 27 April – Porthleven Food Festival

Current location: Porthleven
11.11am, Walking down to the food fest. It was s sunny morn, so Andy, Charlie, Lou and I went to the Porthleven Food Festival, and moseyed around in the sunshine. I had a very yummy elderflower beer, then Lou and I found some delicious treats including pulled pork, halloumi fries and cake! The heavens opened so the boys sheltered under a gin bar (as you do), then the sun came out again, and Andy and I headed home to have a drink with James, as it's his 40th birthday today!

Tuesday 23 April – Our last game

Current location: Penzance
11.11pm, Coming home from netball. My amazing girls played their last game of the season tonight, against St Agnes, who we lost to when we played them at home. We were all so amped for this game, and the girls went out absolutely firing. Such fluent and passionate play, and ridiculously accurate shooting, saw us win 50-35! This meant we finished the season 3rd (a bit gutted as top 2 go up, but super super happy and proud of these girls). Afterwards, we went to celebrate at McDonald's, like all good elite athletes.

This team has buoyed me up so much this year. Making friends with them, playing alongside them (for 3 games), coaching them, cheering for them, it's been nothing short of an absolute pleasure. The teenagers in our team have given me so much love and spirit, and their attitudes totally inspire me, and the 'grown-ups' have been the epitome of support, fun and friendship. I am so, so lucky to have been able to captain this team.