Human Interest
The Italian Job, Part 7
Well, we were finally here. We had successfully booked in the previous night and unlike previous hotel stops, we had to have a twin room as opposed to a room each. I never stopped to [more…]
Human Interest
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Two Hundred And Ninety-Four
Monday Good morning, friends, my good friends. The weather forecast said warm and sunny this morning, but they seem to have got it wrong again. It’s dull and overcast. However, the mood is bright in [more…]
Human Interest
The Italian Job, Part 6
Just to make you all aware…. this is going to be a long one. It wasnt necessarily the longest part of the trip but it was where a lot of memorable stuff happened… We left [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Ninety-Three
Monday Good morning, my good friends, and it’s a lovely morning, warm and sunny. I was intrigued to read that the Tories put in a Freedom of Information request to find out the actual cost [more…]
Human Interest
The Italian Job, Part 5
Sunday morning saw us re-pack our overnight bags back into the car and we left the IBIS at about 10:30-11:00AM. As we were coming down towards half full and because fuel was relatively cheap in [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Ninety-Two
Monday Good morning, my good friends, and it… guess what, it’s drizzling here in London, I could have predicted that with a Test match to be won. I saw that Angel Eagle doing the rounds [more…]
Human Interest
The Italian Job, Part 4
Alison and I left Aylesbury in the morning and had to aim to be at the Folkestone Eurostar terminal ready for the 2pm shuttle. This is a journey I had done many many times over [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Ninety-One
Monday Good morning, friend, and it is a very pleasant one—dry, warm, and sunny. Legohead is off to Scottishland later to talk to the Donald, who is over to open a new golf course, so [more…]
History
Dog Walking Thoughts No 3: Going To The Dogs … or Chin Up?
It’s not what it used to be. Everything, I mean, it’s just all gone to …. I sometimes wonder if I’m not just becoming one of those ‘old people’ that just thinks the country has [more…]