One Man and His Dog
I have acquired a dog for two weeks whilst my fiancée is on holiday busily sunning herself with her two daughters in Crete. It is a working Cocker Spaniel that, despite being overs six years old (the same age as me in dog years apparently) has enough energy to wear you out just looking at her. Dog's need walking, especially this one, otherwise it will be a hyperactive and frustrated pain in the arse, doing several hundred laps of the house ...
Dentists and Pharmacists
I had an evil toothache this week, the first in years and a reminder that this type of nerve pain is second to none, always there, day and night, making my face throb and bringing tears to my eyes. Fortunately, I managed to get an emergency dental appointment with an elderly and flamboyant Irishman whom, if he had a strap line on a business card, it would simply read, "I don't fuck about." It was a bizarre experience, without even ...
Bonnie Prince Charlie – An Incontinence of Lobbying?
It has been reported (By The Daily Mail of all newspapers) that Prince Charles has had no fewer than 36 private meetings with cabinet ministers since the 2010 election; it is a topic I guarantee you will all hear more about in the coming months. Apart from seven meetings with the Prime Minister and three with opposition leader Ed Milliband, Prince Charles, more importantly in my opinion, has allegedly been forcing meetings with ...
Whatever Happened to Hobbies and Sports?
Before you start reading this post, may I apologise for some contradictions, it's because it features theories not definitive answers. When I was a child, everyone seemed to be up to something active, we played football at any given opportunity and spent the summer riding our bikes to fishing venues in the various lakes and rivers in the Kennet valley; we were always up to something. When these eighties nostalgia programmes show clips of ...
The Ludicrously Premature Arrival of Football!
As the Aussies make a fight back in the Ashes and the school summer holidays begin in earnest, what do we get? The bloody football season starting halfway through the first decent summer we have had in years. Don't get me wrong, I like a good old game of football and though I regard cricket as my number one sport nowadays, a feisty old game of football is great entertainment, particularly on a wet and windy autumnal afternoon when there is ...