Three Days In A Dungeon
The Best Friend and I have just made a pilgrimage to Edinburgh. Our idea of a good time is to spend three days sweating it out in a Scottish dungeon along with a hundred [...]
Dancing In Car Parks
My friend, the Dynamo, and I are firmly of the belief that the car boot sale provides the optimum purchasing opportunity for plants. Lovingly grown by amateurs, selling off their excess Cosmos cheap, it's [...]
Two Front Teeth
Flying has been a feature of my life. I cannot begin to calculate how many flights I have been on. Not all of them have begun in Luton. There is one flight that could [...]
To Pee Or Not To Pee
I went to have a cuppa with my friend The Big Cheese. He's always late so being punctual gave me ample time to navigate the "patrons only" use of the loo rule, before I [...]
Northern Delights
I've been to Gateshead, where despite the chill winds, skirts are still high. Northern women are tough, resilient to the elements but not without a soft side. The receptionist at check-in asked me to [...]
The Side Hussle
Nowadays it's not uncommon to have a job that is part of the grand scheme of your career as well as a job on the side, that might be a way to make money [...]
Bowled Over
Now I'm alert to the risks that public parks present me with: stray dogs with large teeth that will "hound" you for your lunch or even a takeaway tea, small children on scooters who [...]
Put Your Foot Down
The Plumber was moaning about the cost of running a car. I told him that this was something outside my experience. He told me that his Father, who is registered blind, has three cars. [...]
Built For Comfort
In my favorite shop the retail assistants wear luminous yellow jackets which makes them easy to spot as they weave their way in and out of piles of brown furniture. Over the years I [...]
What’s Happening Now?
“Coleette” was showing at the flicks, so a couple of friends and I found ourselves navigating our way around an enormous windswept rooftop car park in a tiny car. The cinemas beckoned. At the [...]