1982 August 31st 1982, Ios, Greece "There were no paths. I just guessed where the beach would be. I slid down the cliff and to my dismay found I wa…
Delusion In 2006, the same year that Stephen King published "Lisey's Story", Richard Dawkins published "The God Delusion". I had neve…
First In the entire calendar, this day, August 1st is more significant to me than July 4th (American Independence Day), April 23rd (St George's Day/ En…
Influencer The term "influencer" is bandied about a lot these days. In fact this blogpost has been inspired by the senior influencer Crozier Magnon wh…
1974 June 29th 1974 Cape Clear Island, County Cork, Ireland "There is a castle on the rocky promontory of an island which lies at the very edge of …
Sheaffeld The Sheaf from Cutler's Walk Most English place names have evolved through history, emerging from times when spelling expectations were not as cl…
664 664 - the number of pages in "Lisey's Story" by Stephen King. I finished it this afternoon sitting at our garden table but I had also r…
Traveller Traveller's comment on my "Report" blogpost... "Sounds lovely, welcome home. Hope we get more photos in the next few posts" …
Legend Most people who read this blogpost will never have heard of Phil Brown but to me he is a living legend. Back in 2008, he was the Hull City manager …
Majorca Yo! I got you there with my last blogpost didn't I? "The End"? What on earth did that curmudgeonly old Yorkshire bloke mean? Well le…
Extras Dr Johnson memorial in Uttoxeter Now I have had time to edit the pictures I bagged on Wednesday, I want to share another bunch with you. I know that …
$5.6m At long last I am delighted to inform you that the former chairman of the US version of "The Apprentice" has finally paid up a portion of t…
Repeat Action! Camera! Take Two! Remember last week when my little trip to Uttoxeter in Staffordshire went all wrong? Well I bought a new railway ticket for…
Clarification On Saturday I referred to my now defunct shower radio. Ever since then I have hardly slept a wink for I have in effect been traumatised by what I can…
Quiztime Well quizzers, we haven't had a quiz on this blog for many days. The last one appeared on June 14th - a whole month ago. So it's nigh time fo…