Sunday, July 9, 2006
THE SKIP, THE FRYER, THE POLICE WOMAN AND THE TOOTH
Ah, what a tale I have to regail you with on this Sunny Sunday! The last weekend I was home - two weeks back - I was hard at work on the new house, clearing stuff out of the garden and garage and attic and taking it all to the local recycling centre. The town was also holding its annual fair that...
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Friday, July 7, 2006
Look Out! It's an Underground Rant!
On a day when we're all focused on the suicide bombs a year ago, I'd like to talk a little more broadly about London Underground - once the pride of the western world in terms of public transport, and an engineering marvel, but rapidly becoming a right royal shambles. A couple of years back, London...
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Thursday, June 29, 2006
ANYONE HERE LIVE IN THE WORLDS MOST EXPENSIVE CITY?
Ask anyone, and they'll have their own idea about which city is the most expensive. What's your take on this question? If you're British, you might say London - and you'd be WRONG! If you're American, you might say New York - and you'd be WRONG! If you're Japanese, or have a more global outlook, you...
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Wednesday, June 21, 2006
A TRIP, A BUMP, A MOVE, A KNOCK
HAPPY SOLSTICE, EVERYBODY!!! Yay, tis the longest day of the year - in this part of the world, anyway - and, as has happened recently, I failed to get up to see the sun rise, and I failed to spend the shortest night outside. But there's a lot going on right now, so I have excuses! A Trip I spent the...
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Thursday, June 8, 2006
His Politics Stink, But WHAT a Showman!! **PARENTAL WARNING ON THIS POST**
I had an absolute blast on Monday night! As they were setting up after the so-so support band, I offered my mate dinner if he'd go up and nick Ted's Indian head-dress. Then I offered beer for a year if he went up and set fire to the starts 'n' stripes backdrop. Another friend then offered an extra...
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Monday, June 5, 2006
WANG DANG SWEET POONTANG!!!!!!!
A couple of years ago I spent a few summer weeks tooling around the Mid West on a Harley. I was riding with a friend I first met in South Korea - Big Chris - plus two of his school friends - Steve, now living in Tuscon and a great fella, and Hank, now in California, and OK in small doses. It was a...
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Tuesday, May 30, 2006
My World - Our World
So, my little family has had our first little holiday together, and it was rather wonderful. The first leg was a seven-hour trip south to Cirencester. For those who know the country, we went across to Carlisle on the A69, then south on the M6 (which goes through some splendidly wild countryside),...
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Wednesday, May 17, 2006
I'M GOING OUT. I MAY BE SOME TIME
My lovely little family are going away together for the first time tomorrow, down to the West Country. T and Sam are flying back on Tuesday. I'm staying in the south with the car and doing some work stuff. I won't be back until a week on Friday. I may or may not get a chance to pop in from time to...
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Monday, May 15, 2006
Road Warrior, DIY-er & Party Man
Friday I was out of the house for 16 hours that day - 6.30am until 10.30pm - and I reckon that of those 16 hours, I drove for 12 of them. I went from here to Scarborough, a lovely old town on the east coast of Yorkshire, full of aging holiday-makers and, in September, bikers for the Olivers Mount...
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Thursday, May 11, 2006
Have I really been neglecting this, my favourite blog, for two weeks? Incredible. I guess that's what fatherhood, and the old game of trying to make a living in unconventional ways, does to time! Incidentally, if anyone is interested in finding out a bit more about some of the ways I do make a...
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