June 16, 2006
Oxford revisited
I went to Oxford last week for a memorial service (sorry, no pictures—I have still not got a camera or any news from the insurers for that matter. Anyway, the essence of the place is best captured on a misty...Read this update
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September 18, 2005
The Beginning of Autum...
Today I finally relented and fired up the gas fire in the lounge. The light outside is grey and although the leaves are still green, autum started last weekend when the first trees in the woods began to turn yellow...Read this update
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September 08, 2005
Thunderbolts and lightning...
...very, very frightening!...Read this update
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July 12, 2005
Pontefract Liquorice Festival
The Pontefract Liquorice Festival, a two day showcase of culinary and artistic delights to do with all things liquorice and Pontefract, is taking place in the Yorkshire town this weekend (16-17 July). If you have shockwave flash, you can see...Read this update
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July 10, 2005
London 9/7
Nobody mentioned the bombs. The papers talked about little else but even though there must have been over thirty of us gathered in New Cross on Friday, no-one talked about the attacks. On the way home, the streets were perhaps...Read this update
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March 04, 2005
The Most Dangerous Village in Britain
The Rings of Death that straddle the town centres of both Reading and Basingstoke and the network of multi-lane avenues that leave Marble Arch 'high and dry on an island in a sea of traffic'—as the Evening Standard put it—are...Read this update
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December 19, 2004
Backpacking with a Removal Van (1)
I would never have guessed that moving house at Christmas time would feel just like backpacking. The chaos, the spontaneity, not knowing where you spend the night or where your next destination will be—it's all there. Even down to the...Read this update
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November 05, 2004
Guy Fawkes' Night
Oooops, I forgot about the 5th of November! And this despite the fact that fireworks have been whistling down the street for a good few weeks now. Liverpool has even instituted a special fireworks squad to deal with this! It's...Read this update
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November 04, 2004
Reading buses
Planning my trip proves to be a nightmare! No, not getting from the UK to Portugal, I have exchanged my flight voucher and should be all clear to fly with EasyJet from Gatwick to Faro on the 9th. Accommodation in...Read this update
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October 04, 2004
London's worst
The problem with a brief visit to old haunts to have a laugh with mates is that you end up with a backlash of teary nostalgia, but yesterday really took the bisquit....Read this update
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October 02, 2004
Back in da hood!
The ghetto has shrunk. This is a sure sign that I have been away for some time. I remember that on my return from boarding school my hometown always appeared smaller. When I came back from my trans-Africa trip it...Read this update
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July 22, 2004
Pints of Rain
The weather has turned to shit -- where has the summer gone? Still, I suppose there are always compensations......Read this update
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June 26, 2004
The Great Scottish Lightshow
On the evening of the England Portugal game we were driving through the lake district back to Scotland. I knew we were home as soon as we drove into the setting sun....Read this update
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June 21, 2004
Football fever
The drive back from Borth to my in-laws in Kent (and on to London in time for the BootsNall party) took us through some beautiful countryside. It has been a long time since I have last seen an English summer...Read this update
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June 18, 2004
Borth Beach BBQ
The sky was grey but there was a silver lining on the horizon, so at four in the afternoon we decided to go ahead - come rain or shine. We drove to town to buy raw king prawns and fresh...Read this update
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June 17, 2004
Interior design and a game of life & death
My sister’s beach villa is in a constant state of transformation. Features are appearing or disappearing, pictures have been hung on walls or taken down again and bits of furniture shifted around every time we visit. Architect’s plans are taped...Read this update
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May 23, 2004
A Day at the Village Fair
It was a glorious day on the village green. Children ran past with rolling hoops, played with skipping ropes or cup- and- ball or spun diabolos. Well-dressed ladies milled around stalls which offered flowers, books, sweets, hats and toys and...Read this update
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May 19, 2004
A rant
Stirling is a nest of thieves and vandals. Tourists don't notice it much because the city centre is peppered with CCTV cameras but where we are, literally around the corner, theft and vandalism rule supreme....Read this update
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May 17, 2004
Travelling for a hair-cut - no place like home!
Shock, horror - or at least open-mouthed disbelief. The barber down the road, where I have gone for the last two years after finally weaning myself off my regular in London, won't cut my hair anymore....Read this update
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May 11, 2004
Driving through a thunderstorm
Yesterday was a beautiful day: blue sky with fluffy white clouds, silky spring air and flowers blossoming in the baskets which were hanging from doorways in the neighbourhood....Read this update
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