Monthly Archives: May 2011

First things first – it’s finally rained albeit only a little but hopefully it will arrest the fall in water levels at least temporarily and that has to be a good thing. It might even cheer the farmers up a … Continue reading →

I quite literally went to the dog’s last evening; greyhound racing to be precise. It’s not something I go to regularly, except many years ago when I was working undercover at the old White City Stadium in west London but … Continue reading →

I don’t know if you caught it but on Tuesday evening there was a wonderful documentary on BBC 4 about the golden age of canals and their renaissance as the restoration movement took hold in the 1950′s and 60′s. It … Continue reading →

This curiously titled blog is being penned as the Eurovision Song Contest is on the television although I wont be publishing it until later. The title is a reflection of my feelings about this particular televisual feast. So what did … Continue reading →

What a crowded day I had yesterday juggling a navigation meeting with a medical appointment and the needs of my paid employment. Then in the evening an enjoyable time was had ploughing through some of the photographs collected over the … Continue reading →

Well that’s it the local elections are done and dusted for another four years. I had an interesting day at the count and congratulations to those elected including, I have to say, a few supporters of our little project. Politics … Continue reading →

At the time of writing this I still have a swollen and painful middle finger on my left hand which has reduced what I can do with that hand. It’s only when you can’t use it that you fully realise … Continue reading →