I write about my life: experience, memories and some photography.
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… but it’s best to be seen a day at a time. And just this month we were there for 4 days and most of that time we were out of Rome visiting Italian gardens.
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Big trip to Oz: March 2015
Last month we were in Australia. It wasn’t a big trip by some people’s standards but it was 3 weeks, we haven’t had a 3 week holiday for ages, and it was Australia which is a long way away. We…
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And finally … the last 12 months
I write a monthly report on my county councillor work which I send primarily to the parish councils in the Cottenham, Histon & Impington county division. I always finish off with a more personal item (And finally …). I’ve just…
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Applied Chemicals: 2016 reunion?
There’s a program on the radio ‘the Reunion’, in which people are brought together some years after a significant event. Most times they will have worked together to make it happen but sometimes they were protagonists and it’s interesting to see…
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Cambridge buses and the Oak Bistro
There’s an app you can get in Cambridge to tell you where your nearest bus options are and to plan bus trips across the county. It’s a bit clunky and it doesn’t seem to include the guided bus so I…
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Five habits of a moderately effective person
With apologies to Stephen Covey and his ‘Seven habits of highly effective people’. Click here for more information about that book. Here are my five.
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2014: good but at the same time sad
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
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)
It’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
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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