Quite what the good citizens of Poland, Russia and the Ukraine ( where it has been -35c) would have made of us so called stoical Brits had they tuned in to BBC News 24 in the last day or so is anyone's guess. It seems that every time we get seasonal weather (in this case winter) the media get that little bit more hysterical, our latest smattering of the white stuff being described as a "major snow event" causing travel chaos across the country. ...
Shelagh Fogarty on Radio 5 has really been getting under my skin lately, so as a consequence I have drifted on to having Radio 4 on in the background more and more lately, finding many really good documentaries and other items of interest in the process.
Even hearing how to make the perfect cup cake on Woman's Hour is better than the self righteous middle class opinions of Shelagh Fogarty interviewing some toff who decided it was a good idea ...
Anyone who reads my blog regularly will know that two of my favorite hobbies are studying the weather along with watching and playing the wonderful game of cricket, these are two subjects that to many people are about as interesting as coating a wall with vinyl matt emulsion and spending the afternoon watching it dry. Funnily enough there is a link between all three of these subjects that led to the writing of this particular blog................
For one evening every week, I am girlfriend and children free, so I have been spending this time going room by room on a clutter removal project. My house is only a little two up two down but it is remarkable how much utter crap I have chucked out and even more remarkable the crap that was here when I arrived that I have only just thrown out or had repaired. When I bought this house in October 2009 it had been painted white throughout to make it ...
As a season ticket holder of Reading FC, I was quite staggered to hear the news at the weekend that the son of a Russian billionaire was going through the process of purchasing the club from current owner John Madjeski. Anyone who is interested in the club will know that he has been trying to offload the Royals for some time, enabling him to recoup his interest free loan that helped the club to rise to its current status as a mid to upper ...