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A View From (The Bit Outside) The Greenhouse; Ordinary Folk

31st March 2026 Colin Cross 0

The 95% situation has moved on to something approaching 99% in terms of my health, in comparison to how I was feeling as an almost 74 year old (complete with all the aches and pains [more…]

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Valentine’s Day

13th February 2026 Going Postal 0

Valentine’s coming up. And it’s an absolute minefield for us blokes. There is only one very narrow path to tread and any deviation from said path can/will lead to us hurtling to the bottom of a social [more…]

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The Italian Job, Epilogue

22nd October 2025 Going Postal 0

I had made a commitment to the late Mrs F and I guess, more so to myself that I would go back a year later to make sure everything was still as it should be. [more…]

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The Italian Job, Part 12

15th October 2025 Going Postal 0

Sunday morning and it is time to return to the UK with the mission fully accomplished; we checked out of the NH at about 10:00AM and I showed my sister one last time around Zavantem, [more…]

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The Italian Job, Part 11

8th October 2025 Going Postal 0

We awoke on the Saturday morning and had a leisurely continental breakfast at the hotel, prior to taking an equally leisurely journey into the centre of Brussels by SNCB’s finest. Unfortunately the majority of their [more…]

Human Interest

The Italian Job, Part 10

24th September 2025 Going Postal 0

Well, it was now Friday morning the 23rd of March and the hardest part of the return leg had been accomplished. The next stage was to go back to Brussels for an overnight stop; this [more…]

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The Italian Job, Part 9

17th September 2025 Going Postal 0

The morning came around all too soon and again, after a simple breakfast, we packed the car, said our goodbyes to BF and the children, gave them all a huge hug and it was Alison’s [more…]

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The Italian Job, Part 8

10th September 2025 Going Postal 0

Well, today was the day, Wednesday 21st March 2012…. Sadly, Alison’s cross to bear was another disturbed night thanks to my snoring and as much as I tried to do her a favour by staying [more…]

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The Italian Job, Part 7

3rd September 2025 Going Postal 0

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…]

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