We took the dog up to Combe Gibbet yesterday so I could complete another leg of the Test Way, the walk from Inkpen to Eling in Southampton that is generally only memorable for its ability to cut through Hampshire and skillfully avoid the river it is named after.
Unfortunately, we took the wrong path which means, unwittingly, I have now started the Wayfarers Walk which snakes from Inkpen down to Emsworth on the South Coast and is probably ...
When I am not feeling inspired enough to go somewhere original with the dog, I take a short trip down to Chilbolton Common which has a lovely walk, the river, and enough rabbit scent to send the daft mutt into an hour long frenzy.
The problem with Chilbolton is that it can be exceptionally popular, well at least sometimes. Last week it was like Bournemouth beach but with subdued temperatures and the threat of rain this week, it was pretty ...
One of the great things about my short trip to Dorset is that the rolling Purbeck Hills are blissfully ignorant of military coups, trucks ploughing through kids on a night out and American cops shooting black people as well as getting shot back at as patience snaps.
Welcome to the new order of the world, where the masses appear to want to vote in governments that will fight hate with hate. It won't work, it never has and never will, but we ...
My tens of regular readers will have noticed that I have not been blogging for a few days, however,don't worry, I am not dead just yet, I have been away on a campervan trip with my youngest son, Harry.
If you have not been to the Isle of Purbeck before, you really should, as despite only being 6o odd miles away, it feels a lot further, probably due to the rolling Dorset coastal hills and the lack of dual carriageways, let alone motorways.
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I was talking to my girlfriend this morning about her fears of giving up working part-time and returning to the corporate world of bullshitting and backstabbing undertaken by people either trying to secure their positions or achieve loftier ambitions, despite their lack of discernible talent.
I was a spectacular failure in corporate life, not because I was bad at lying or being a salesman (I was actually quite good at selling) more because I ...
