As my husband embarks on a huge charity challenge, (he is running 30 marathons in 30 days across the Jordanian desert for Global’s Make Some Noise charity), I find myself without my partner in crime. In solidarity with him, I am running 5km a day for the same charity over 30 days, which for my legs feels like a marathon. But while he’s away I’ve been struggling to fill my evenings. We are both very similar and love nothing more than chilling on the couch watching a show together when the kids go to bed. So who will I hang out with now?

Most of my friends love going to the pub but it’s a big no, no for me. I find it boring and all I can think of if I ever do drag myself out on someone’s invitation is “why can’t I be at home having this conversation?”

I grew up in Dublin and my dad was a big drinker so we spent a lot of our childhood in the pub – I’ve done my time there. I’d pass the time by collecting all the different kinds of beer mats – a Beamish beer mat was always a tough one to find – but so we could leave........

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