I write about my life: experience, memories and some photography.
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There’s no such thing as a free lunch but I seemed to get one today. I was invited to a Xmas lunch hosted by Histon FC and held in a rather nice catering zone in the Cambs FA headquarters at Histon’s ground.
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Indio Feliz, Aquas Calientes; 19 Nov 13
Been there, taken the photographs, got the T-shirt and according to that criterion Peru is a multi T-shirt country.
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Training for the Bonfire Burn
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…
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Orchid, Cambridge; 29 Aug 13
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.
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Bath time: 12-14 Aug 13
Monday 12 Aug 13: Lots of what the government does puzzles me and it was the same for those which have gone before. And what it does with the railways puzzles as much as any but it’s a result of…
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There’s nothing wrong with a glass of wine …
Most people would agree with that. But it seems that many restaurants disagree.
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Sometimes you’ve got to drop the cynicism …
… 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.
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POSH enough? Peterborough 14 Jun 13
There’s not a lot to link Cambridge and Peterborough. There’s a slow but not unpleasant railway line via the fens and there’s recent history of them being joined in local government but little else.
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Histon & Impington: the big tidy up 1 Jun 13
I joined the regular litter pick in Histon & Impington this morning. It takes place every 3 months or so (there’s another regular pick run by the WI in between) and is expertly organised by Cedric Foster.
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It’s not over till it’s over: the count, 3 May 13
(I wrote this post for the HISIMP NEWS, the newsletter of Histon and Impington Parish Council, which is being delivered this week) It’s 8am and you’ve slept really well. It’s the first time you haven’t had an early start for…
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