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…]
Human Interest
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…]
Human Interest
The Italian Job, Part 3
Preparations and Planning As time in November progressed, I returned home and did my best to throw myself into projects to keep myself occupied while I was between jobs, having left my previous contract a [more…]
20th Century
Journeys Back in Time…
A sunny Sunday in July, and it turned into a pretty special day. In glorious summery weather, we got to ride on a couple of beautifully restored vintage seafront bus services running from just outside [more…]