Saturday the 31st October and I wake up rather excited.  This Saturday, wasn’t going to be any ordinary day. This day would be the day I abseil 120ft down the world famous Liver building. I peer out the window, no sign of rain and not too windy, it’s a good start. I dig out my trainers (not seen them in a while!) put on some comfy clothes and suddenly started to feel a twinge of nerves. I drag my boyfriend away from his PS3 (for moral support of course!) and off we head to meet my fellow ph dare devil buddies. As fate would have it, we meet in a bar around the corner – needless to say, the temptation for a drink is high but sadly prohibited. I guess if anyone’s going to jump off one of the UK’s tallest buildings, they may as well have a clear head!  Feeling pretty calm now initial nervs have gone away, Helen seems confident too, as for Steve, I’ve got the suspicion he’d rather be elsewhere!  

At registration we’re given a rather fetching black t-shirt to wear and some sweets. These soften the blow that we’ve got a 2 hour delay! The two hour wait allows for plenty of time to really realise what we’ve got ourselves into and watch the other participants. No one appears to be falling to their death, so all look’s good to me. There’s a large crowd of people watching, a DJ playing and a generally nice ambience to the day. Before we know it Group 2 at 2pm - aka team ph is up.

Once at the top of the building (but still inside) we’re fitted out in a harness, a helmet and some ridiculously big gardening style gloves!? After the long wait, I’m very eager to get it over with, I’m feeling decidedly confident about the whole thing. Helen, Steve and myself are lead outside on the top of the building to wait out turn. Helen goes first and I watch her disappear to begin her decent, I’m eager to have my turn. Steve lets me go next, he’s looking a bit a peaky and I wonder if he’s going to bail? Just then a fully grown, super tough looking man comes barging past us close to tears ‘Sod that’ he says! Uh oh, is it really that scary?

It’s finally my turn, a skinny little guy sucking a lolly attaches me to my ropes and instructs me to back my heels up the edge…it is the most unnatural thing to back up to the edge of a 120ft building! But once I’m over the edge, I’m loving it! It’s amazing to be that high up. I take in the views as I go down but it’s over in minutes, gutted. I want to do it again! I see Helen once I’m back on the ground and am glad to see Steve made it too! We’ve all done it!!

We all agree it was a brilliant experience a fantastic opportunity to raise money for The Stroke Association.

For our next challenge we’re thinking bigger and better….a sky dive? Watch this space…

It was interesting, clever, witty, a huge hit with everyone and catapulted me into being a highly respected and much loved blogger…but it was all a dream!

How frustrated I was to realise I couldn’t remember what it was about and had no chance of recreating my dream blog into a reality. I’m now having trouble sleeping for fear of dreaming up my next big blog whilst asleep instead of in real life. So, if you’re having difficulty sleeping over your blogging or like me fear you only have good blog’s in your dreams here are some tips to help you get some sleep...

1. Keep a notebook by the bed.

This is for flashes of inspiration - not for working on new posts when you should be sleeping. Have some discipline!

2. Maintain a sensible schedule.

Work time. Home time. Play time. Blog time. Sleep time. Set aside time for each activity, and don't let things overrun. Stick to your schedule as much as you can.

3. Ban all questions after a certain time.

Does your significant other show an interest in your blog? Great! Just tell them to button it when it's time to sleep. Make sure you button it, too.

4. Pretend you don't have a laptop and wireless Internet.

It's just too convenient to hop into bed, go online... and stay online. It might be fun, but don't do it if you have to get up in the morning. Or if you feel like sleeping anytime soon.

5. Don't go coffee-crazy.

I like a coffee in the morning. Not every morning, but every now and again. I avoid coffee in the evenings though. Too many coffees will keep you up all night. Unless you're immune to the effects of caffeine.

6. Don't hide your ideas under the bed.

Notebook? Sure. Anything else? No! It's fine to jot down an idea to make sure you don't lose it, but don't get carried away and start developing some of your post ideas. And don't go thinking you can hide things in the bed, either. It's not going to be a comfortable night for you if you try that one.

7. Sit in the bath.

I'm not expecting you to use the bath as your bed. Having a bath is a great way to relax. Do keep a notebook fairly close by, but be careful not to drop it in the tub. Whatever you do, don't bring your laptop or mobile phone into the bathroom - leave them outside where they won't electrocute you. Seriously. Be careful!

8. Set a cut-off time for snacking.

Blogging can be hungry work, but eating doesn't usually help you sleep. Separating food from blogging and sleeping can make the difference between getting a good night's sleep, or losing track of time and having to pick the crumbs out of your bed, laptop and clothes.

9. Resist the urge to blog if you wake up early.

Do you have a tendency to wake up in the middle of the night? It's best to try and get back to sleep - don't go and start writing a new post. Of course, if you do have an idea, jot it down... but leave it at that.

10. Don't be too good at it!

Whether you're basking in the glory of blogging, or you've convinced your perfect partner that you really are all that... if you don't want to be up all night, be mediocre! (Maybe staying up late isn't such a bad thing...)