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Ocean-to-Ocean, Part 1

10th September 2025 Going Postal 0

Having finally become a Puffin-of-leisure in June 2024, I decided that it was time to start making use of my new-found freedom and begin travelling again, something I had previously enjoyed but which was rudely [more…]

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Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)

18th December 2023 Going Postal 0

Two young men, in a souped-up old Chevy, travel across the USA, making what money they can by betting on the drag races they enter. Along the way they’re joined by a lost hippie girl, [more…]

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The Road to Karachi

9th September 2021 Going Postal 0

To a newspaperman, I suppose, the real excitement of a special assignment is its glorious uncertainty. Like lightning, it never strikes the same place twice. A couple of summers ago I was sunbathing on the [more…]

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A Perfect Weekend

10th February 2021 Going Postal 0

It started with a gig Back in July 2017, my son’s band (pop punk – you wouldn’t like them!) were invited to play at the Workington Touch Down Festival. As the money was good, they [more…]

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