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Chess World Championships

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Yes, I know… this post is a little “out of the ordinary” even for me. I love playing chess though, so I’m excusing myself from any finger pointing for quite ...

Bookmarks And Feeds

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For the first time since last weekend I have what appears to be a Sunday to myself. I’m probably going to fill it with all manner of activities that are on t...

Slow Saturday

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Today finds me having not written anything in my blog for a week, and wondering what to write. It’s been a long time since I have written so few posts, and I...

Makover For Pluggedout

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I have spent most of this evening working on a makeover for the PluggedOut website. The general idea has been to make it more simple to navigate (everything ...

Fascinated Yet Horrified

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We just witnessed a sparrow hawk rip a dove to shreds in our back garden…

Turkey

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7 days ago we got on a plane at London Heathrow, switched our mobile phones off, and dissappeared. Vanished.

Returning To Civilisation

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After a week where we seemingly dissappeared off the face of the earth, we are back home and very, very tired.

Holiday Reading Decided

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By the time you read this, I will most likely either be on an aircraft somewhere over europe, or sat on a balcony in the middle of knowhere in deepest Turkey...

Seclusion

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The photograph above is from the balcony of the house we will be staying at in Turkey for the next week. We fly out from London Heathrow tomorrow afternoon f...

Choosing Holiday Books

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We are finally escaping from our life tomorrow, and spending a week holed up in a cabin in the Turkish mountains (click here for a sneaky peek). This of cour...