Normality is the order of the day as the late nights watching England trouncing the Aussies and the cold weather are behind us. There was something special about seeing the snow outside then curling up on the sofa with a glass of red and a quilt watching in history in the making in the sunshine thousands of miles away. It is kind of poignant that this week I have started working again, the Jet Stream has moved back over the country ...
Regular blog readers may have noticed a distinct slow down in my posts this week, well don't panic, I am neither dead, seriously ill or kidnapped, I am just dealing with the shock of working full days for the first time since 1997 which is causing major re-adjustment in my time management. Those of you have known me for some time are aware that I have ran a business for nearly fifteen years, which I am still doing. However the industry I am ...
Well we are now in to 2011 and I have spent the day with a fair to moderate hangover after making a late decision to visit the Fox at North Waltham to witness a subdued entry in to the New Year. The pub was reasonably busy and outside there was a Marquee with a party which looked like the Daily Mail readers annual ball complete with the distinct whiff of middle class smugness in the air, but hey, each to their own. I even diced ...
England retained the Ashes in the Aussies own back yard in the early hours of this morning at the MCG, making staying up with a miserable cold worthwhile, and inspiring me to crack open a can of Fosters that was as uninspiring as the Australian side. After a stirring Australian fightback in Perth, England buried Australia in a match that lacked any real drama such was the one sided way the game developed. It was a performance of ruthless ...
Today is Monday, and it is the 27th of December....however, I have to keep checking this every half an hour or so as I am in that Christmas no mans land period where I have lost track of time and dates. The weather can't make it's mind up where it is either as a slow and painful transition to milder air starts taking place from the west. We have at last been promised a brief window of opportunity where we can leave the house without ...