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Always Worth Saying’s Easter Railway Review

18th April 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

Last week’s trip to Albania being too mainstream, this edition of Railway Review (how I yearn for the return of Question Time!) was going to be of an obscure South American mineral line. Observing the [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Seventy-Six

13th April 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning, and what a beautiful sunny morning it is. It’s nice and warm, and there is a clear blue sky, quite appropriate for my 18th birthday. Legohead is off to an immigration summit [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Railway Review

11th April 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

Boy, how I miss Question Time. The witty repartee, the razor-sharp cut and thrust of debate. George the Poet. The £22 billion black hole. Foodbanks, the statutory tranny, and the obese woman with the purple [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Seventy-Five

6th April 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning, my friends. There was a bit of watery sun about when I strolled to the bottom of the garden for my poo behind the gardener’s shed. Something had been digging down there. [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Seventy-Four

30th March 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning, folks. It’s been raining overnight and is still dull and cold. Legohead is not very happy today—he has just seen the results of the latest MRP poll on the local election, and [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Seventy-Two

16th March 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning, folks, and I’m ready to go into another week of my waffle. It’s been a lovely sunny weekend and even quite warm in the sun, but it was very frosty this morning. [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Seventy

2nd March 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning, people. Wow, the sun is out this morning for a change, but it’s still bloody cold. I was not outside for very long, and I don’t intend to be outside much more [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Sixty-Nine

23rd February 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning, people. Surprise, surprise, it’s damp and gloomy once again in Downing Street, and that’s not only outside Number 10. Inside, we have a wet, rather than damp, PM, and he is very [more…]

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A Train Journey

17th February 2025 Going Postal 0

We woke up at 6 o’clock, packed our packs and clutching our 2nd class, reserved berth tickets caught our favourite rickshaw for the 10 minute journey to Margao station where our train to Bangalore was [more…]

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