I write about my life: experience, memories and some photography.
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The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,800 times in 2013. If it were a cable car, it…
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A good end to a pretty good year
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…
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Good start to Xmas: Histon 1 Bradford PA 0
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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