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Falling Off The Blogging Horse

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It feels like ages since I last opened up in a blog post. Since the start of the year all I seem to have done is turn the pedals of the internet - doing the ...

Above Top Secret

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I went somewhere rather special with work today. I would love to tell you the story of my day, but can’t. I’m not even going to give hints about where, or wh...

Slow Start Sunday

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I didn’t get out of bed until 10am this morning. I can’t remember getting up that late in months - maybe even years. I stumbled downstairs and discovered the...

Leaving Town Alive

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It’s just gone midnight on Friday night. I arrived home a couple of hours ago. The first train headed south from Leeds after work was cancelled - after queue...

Running For A Train

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It all looked so simple. When I ordered the train tickets a few days ago, I thought I would be daring, and order specific times for specific trains. This sna...

Preparing To Travel

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Here we go again. At lunchtime today I will walk to the local railway station and begin a journey first towards Kings Cross in London, and then on to Leeds i...

Best Intentions

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I was going to stop for lunch today. I had every intention of downing tools for an hour, kicking back in my chair, and gazing at the ceiling for a while. Of ...

The Lifestyle Distortion Field

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It struck me this evening that I may have stumbled upon a direction for this blog - or rather, the direction I don’t want it to go in.

Tantrums Tears And Tiredness

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I’m sitting in the dark of the junk room, listening to a James Taylor album. I’ve tried to write this post about six times so far. Each time I write half a s...

Slowing Down

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There was something about the expression on the puppy’s face in the photo accompanying this post (it’s a stock photo, if you were wondering). I think it’s th...