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We know how to spend our Friday nights

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I answered an SOS call on Friday morning from a neighbour. Their internet was being “a bit rubbish” (their words), so rather than headbang the wall for sever...

Everything all the time

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Do you ever have those moments where you look away, and several days pass?

Homeward Bound

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After waking a little after 8am this morning, and packing our belongings into the back of the car, we took a final stroll into our temporary home. Along the ...

A walk along the river Wye

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After waking a little after 8 this morning I performed the inevitable gymnastics around the holiday cottage to have a shower and shave without punching windo...

This world wasnt designed for me

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I woke a little after 8 this morning in the grip of the memory foam matress that had mysteriously absorbed my body during the night - forming an odd blacmang...

A Town out of time

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After leaving home mid-morning and stopping at an oddly soul-less rest area en-route, we arrived in Hay on Wye early in the afternoon. Against expectations -...

Four Days Away

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For the last several years - since the children were old enough - we have escaped for a long weekend in the spring to visit a European city. Just the two of ...

Every Tomorrow

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I’m watching the minutes tick down at the end of a three-day weekend and find myself wondering where the time has gone. In truth, it’s been a fairly quiet we...

The Midnight Writing Club

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A few months ago I found myself sitting in the dark of the junk room in the dead of night, writing a blog post, and wondered how many other people were doing...

The Unwanted Elephant

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While walking home from town earlier today I happened upon a huge unwanted soft-toy of an elephant, sitting quietly at the end of somebody’s driveway, with a...