2014: good but at the same time sad
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in life
I write about my life: experience, memories and some photography.
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I set the precedent last year (click here) of listing my five highlights of the year so I suppose I’d better continue. But it’s difficult to call them all highlights because it’s been a year of some sadness. I’ll start…
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2014 in review
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The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,500 times in 2014. If it were a cable car, it…
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Shooting clay pigeons (and missing them)
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in eventsIt’s Xmas 2014 and I’ve been invited to a corporate event: clay pigeon shooting and dinner courtesy of Milner Strategic Marketing @milnerltd. I’m ‘director’ of the Cambridge office, hence the invite. Unfortunately the law of inevitable coincidence kicks in and…
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5 reasons why I prefer @_CaffeNero to @CostaCoffee
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I do like my coffee. With a croissant for breakfast, mid morning or after lunch. Frequently this means that I’m in Caffe Nero or Costa Coffee. I’ve got a loyalty card for each of them but if there’s a choice…
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There’s no such thing as a free lunch: a week in Turkey
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in eventsWe got an offer way back for what was claimed to be a £799 holiday for £149. We got it from one of the supermarkets we go to, the one we patronise when we only want to buy food and…
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Rugby: it’s a different game
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in lifeWednesday evening I felt myself slowly going downhill and headed off to bed soon after 2200 shivering and fearing the worst. I had a restless night and spent Thursday generally on auto-pilot with little ambition to do anything.
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Oxford and Blenheim; 22/23 Sep 14
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I’ve just come back from Heathrow where I’ve been seeing my son off on an SQ flight to Perth. He’s emigrating, taking a job with the Perth police so it’s been a tough experience.
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Miss Saigon, 28 Jun 14
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in eventsIt’s a surprise to find that it’s four years since we last went to a musical in the West End. That was the Jersey Boys. Click here for that story. That was my birthday treat. This time it was Juni’s.
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Plymouth? Ho! 28-30 May 14
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Wednesday, 28 May 14: the problem with the weather at the moment is that it’s great for growing: plenty of rain, enough warmth and long hours of daylight so everywhere’s green and today’s typical. It’s been raining overnight and it’s an…
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A tale of two (trade) shows
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in eventsI’ve been to two trade shows this month. The first was InterPack in Dusseldorf and the second just last week was the Chelsea Flower Show. I’ve been to InterPack several times which is sad but this was my first visit…
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