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  • A good end to a pretty good year

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    It’s not been a bad year and I’m a great one for lists so here’s my list of the highlights. And by the way I’m a geat supporter of lists of a defined length and that’s generally 5. Less and you haven’t given the list enough thought; more and you’re not really focussing. So here goes…

  • Training for the Bonfire Burn

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    I been a runner for most of my life but I can’t say I’ve really enjoyed it. I suffered the curse of compulsory cross-country at school and then have run as a part of reasonably regular fitness regime in order to balance the excesses of food and drink that my travelling jobs have enabled me…

  • Orchid, Cambridge; 29 Aug 13

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    There was a knock on the kitchen window at 0625. Good friend Tony Halls (owner of Anthony’s, the excellent menswear shop on Trinity Street) was picking me up and we were off on a gentlemen’s day out. Of sorts.

  • There’s nothing wrong with a glass of wine …

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    Most people would agree with that. But it seems that many restaurants disagree.

  • Sometimes you’ve got to drop the cynicism …

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    … and people who know me will say that I’ve got more to drop than most. But I’m not uncomfortable about that, our government (at all levels), big business and other large institutions like the NHS deserve a cynical view.

  • A day in the life: as a county councillor

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    I must confess that this is not a typical day. I do work just about full time and my council activities are more usually spread across the week and include evenings and weekends too. But today is just about 100% council related. I squeeze in work emails etc during the day when I can.

  • Long day’s journey into night; Jamie’s Italian at Gatwick Airport

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    It was one of those days which I keep meaning not to repeat: an early start, a full day’s work, an evening flight and a late night arrival in another country.

  • Another day with the NHS; 18 May 12

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    Travellers with easyJet arriving at Stansted will be familiar with the route. First down the stairs to get off the plane and then walk across the tarmac to the terminal building. Then up stairs again and a walk along the corridor before going down two escalators. After the second it’s a 180 degree turn and…

  • Face to face with the NHS

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    I really do worry about the right-wing idealogues in the Coalition which seem intent on changing our health service and our education systems for the worse and irretrievably so. There’s a good article (click here) in the Observer about it today. These guys say it’s about choice. Rubbish.

  • 2010 in review

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    The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is doing awesome!.