A Weekend in Jersey – Part 2
Following our first night debacle at The Inn Boutique, we decided upon taking the safe option and checked out, spending the additional cash that guaranteed, if nothing else, a catch up on the sleep deprivation we had suffered on Friday evening/Saturday morning. The general manager at The Boutique arrived to see us on Saturday morning and attempted to talk us into to staying on, but we stuck to our guns, despite her kindly sending us a huge ...
A Weekend in Jersey – Part One!
Justine and I went to Jersey this weekend as a kind of celebration of our engagement and with a view to seeing potential places to get married without the hassle of doing stressful things like organising guest lists, cakes, cars, food and flowers. It was a good weekend too, though it didn't come without some obligatory disasters I have long associated myself with. Obviously it was all a bit rushed on Friday, dropping off kids and having to ...
Wake Me Up When September Ends?
For many people the month of September involves a wave of depression as summer draws to a close and it was incredibly poignant this morning when I dropped my lads to school and college, the first significant rain for some time accompanied a 10 degrees temperature drop. I have spoken to many people over the last week who are suffering the first signs of S.A.D as the memories of their holidays with their children in the Mediterranean and ...
The Purpose of Wasps
Let's not beat around the bush folks, virtually everyone hates wasps, more so than any other living creature, except perhaps, the common rat. Wasps are perpetually aggressive at this time of year, making pub gardens and picnic areas places to avoid as summer draws to a close. Just this weekend, Dan, the spin bowler at our cricket club, had his "Young player of the year" celebrations cut short by inadvertently drinking from a lager ...
How Much Work Do You Do in a Day?
I have been working as a project coordinator couple of days a week on a contract in Oxfordshire that, if I am honest, doesn't actually involve doing much for the money I am being paid. As a consequence, my gratitude for the cash is occasionally (but not often) laced with guilt that comes courtesy of the end client not getting value for money. This project is a somewhat strange situation for me because I have not worked in the enviro...