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A rant

Wednesday, May 19th, 2004

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.
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Travelling for a hair-cut – no place like home!

Monday, May 17th, 2004

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.
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Driving through a thunderstorm

Tuesday, May 11th, 2004

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.
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