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Billy Deakin

Cornish Splits Recipe

While everyone else might be baking scones for national cream tea day, down here in Cornwall the split is king! These soft, sweet yeast…

Jun 26, 2020

Cornish Splits Recipe

Jun 26, 2020

Billy Deakin

No Yeast Bread Rolls

While supply chains seem to be recovering from the panic buying and empty shelves we all saw at the start of the Covid-19 crisis, there…

Apr 5, 2020

No Yeast Bread Rolls

Apr 5, 2020

Billy Deakin

Bread Machine Sourdough

Real sourdough bread is a thing of beauty, which rewards patience and a slow, methodical approach to baking. It’s the complete antithesis…

Apr 5, 2020

Bread Machine Sourdough

Apr 5, 2020

Billy Deakin

Flourless Oat and Apple Loaf

Flour has been one of those commodities which has been hard to come by during the Covid-19 pandemic along with yeast and bread. I put up a…

Mar 29, 2020

Flourless Oat and Apple Loaf

Mar 29, 2020

Billy Deakin

Quick and Easy Bread Alternative Recipes

I really do believe it’s possible to see the silver lining in just about any situation. Right now, amid all of the fear and uncertainty…

Mar 22, 2020

Quick and Easy Bread Alternative Recipes

Mar 22, 2020

Billy Deakin

Quantified Self — 2020’s Starting Point

“Those who keep records, break records” was a common saying an old business mentor if mine used constantly. The idea being that if you…

Jan 8, 2020

Jan 8, 2020

Billy Deakin

Parkrun — The 5k for everyone

As someone who generally runs longer distances, and generally runs alone, the Parkrun movement has never really called out to me before…

Jan 5, 2020

Parkrun — The 5k for everyone

Jan 5, 2020

Billy Deakin

2020 Goals

It’s that time of year when people tend to think about the year ahead, make plans and “resolutions” and all that sort of stuff… Well I’ve…

Dec 31, 2019

2020 Goals

Dec 31, 2019

Billy Deakin

Ultra Running for Type 2 Fun

Physical education was never my forte at school. I was one of the geeky kids, more interested in computer games and D&D than sports, and…

Dec 5, 2019

Ultra Running for Type 2 Fun

Dec 5, 2019

Billy Deakin

Once upon a time (or why I started to care about my fitness!)

Nobody is born old. Neither do we transition from young to old in one single step, rather we age a little every day at a glacial pace such…

Nov 29, 2019

Once upon a time (or why I started to care about my fitness!)

Nov 29, 2019

Billy Deakin

Billy Deakin

Father, husband, game developer, martial artist, runner, geek… Writing and publishing here to add accountability to my goals, and share my progress.

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