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We travelled back from last week’s holiday on Ibiza.
It wasn’t exactly a warm welcome home at Stansted airport: we had an...
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I’ve been on holiday with my family. We spent the week in the sun on Ibiza, near Cala Pada beach.
We stayed in a resort on...
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The rest of the family came back from their stay at L’s parents’ and normality resumed. I’d missed their happy chaos.
At...
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My wife and children are staying at her parents’, enjoying the neighbour’s swimming pool, bat-watching and the local...
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I had a busy few days of work at home while the rest of my family joined L’s parents glamping in Northamptonshire. They...
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I spent the day at the Oval on Thursday for the first day of the fifth test of England v India. The weather forecasts were...
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I was one of the lucky few to see Oasis on the first night of their reunion tour at Wembley. Andy and I met up with Matt who...
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I took the day off on Tuesday for a well-needed lunch in London with old friends/colleagues. The sunny weather had ended but...
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I got through to the final boss elbow consultant. He made my arm click when rotating but was optimistic I’d be able to fully...
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I’ve been tracking my blood pressure twice a day for the last couple of weeks. It was prompted by a routine check-up where...
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I’ve been hearing scratching noises in my office wall recently, especially behind one of the power sockets. I unscrewed the...
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It must have been hot this week: the bedroom Dyson fan was turned to 10, curtains were shut in the daytime and the paddling...
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Pulp were even better than I expected at the O₂. Andy, Matt, Mike and I joined the other nineties indie kids, along with a...
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We have a Switch 2! I missed the pre-orders and so assumed I’d have to wait, but on launch day I found one in stock at Argos...
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Another welcome Bank Holiday Monday. The sun was shining and so I took my youngest across the road to the park with his...
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I’ve been enjoying a nostalgic look back through archives of the Warwick Boar – the student newspaper I worked on from 1997...
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The last time I saw Rialto was in the nineties with Andy while we were students. We saw them again this week at Scala. Big...
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Yet another welcome bank holiday Monday to start the week. Ignoring the boys’ protests, we dragged them away from their...
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It’s been shorts weather. Lovely.
I decided to invest in our backup setup at home. Although our Macs and photos are backed...
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Poppy the cat had a couple of accidents this week. First, she wee’d on my pants left in a washing pile in our bedroom. The...
