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Brought to life

Posted on 11:15am Monday 1st September 2008

You can’t beat live music, can you?

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Flat sales

Posted on 10:32am Saturday 23rd August 2008

I don’t know whether the housing market is less pressured in the Derbyshire town we visited this week in search of an apartment for our daughter… but there didn’t seem to be a great deal of pazzazz in the sales pitches.

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Sodden to the skin

Posted on 10:22am Saturday 23rd August 2008

Saturday, and the cycling shoes are still wet from the torrential downpour on Wednesday night’s ride.

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Lost in Bucks

Posted on 10:03am Monday 18th August 2008

I’ve been down south, and it’s not actually too bad.

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The garden fights back

Posted on 10:53am Monday 4th August 2008

Maybe I shouldn’t really be gardening… well, pulling up nettles and brambles… in shorts, sandals and T-shirt. It’s asking for trouble.

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Pipe of peace

Posted on 10:20am Monday 4th August 2008

"It’s alright, Doug, we’re not doing anything dodgy!"

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Litter bugs

Posted on 10:04am Monday 4th August 2008

What is it about people that they are so lazy, they can’t be bothered to put a bit of litter in a bin?

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Par for the course

Posted on 11:08am Wednesday 23rd July 2008

A two-year lay off from the fairways seems to have done wonders for my golf.

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Costly celebration

Posted on 9:36am Monday 14th July 2008

It had to be the most expensive drink I’ve ever bought.

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Wild and wet

Posted on 12:02pm Thursday 10th July 2008

There was almost a wavering by the the biker boys as the rain torrented down in The Dales… should we or shouldn’t we get soaked for a ride?

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In-flight info

Posted on 10:57am Monday 7th July 2008

Being just back from an annual holiday abroad means that we have jetted in and out of the country, dabbing a hefty car-bon footprint or two in the process.

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Held by The Police

Posted on 5:33pm Friday 20th June 2008

I don’t know why, but I seem to be getting stuck behind the inebriated concert-goer at recent gigs.

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