Okay, strap yourselves in, it’s rant o’clock and if you’re up for it, I’m taking you on a journey. Anyway, buckle up, put your feet up and come with me for a ride. I’m going to have a pop again at the advertising world. There are a number of adverts that are currently getting right…
The River Colne runs through my garden, and it’s a very pleasant place to exist. On New Years Day 2023 I decided to try and find the source of the river, which I have always understood to be somewhere near Saffron Walden As you can see from the main photo above, it is fairly wide…
This is about strikes, and my opinion of them. The thing is, this is my website and I can do what I want with it. As I said on the homepage, I can say whatever I want cos it’s mine. Other viewpoints are available. There’s a post a while back about a worthless thief of…
Not the most exciting title in the world I grant you, but it’s what it is. For decades I’ve dreamed of having a long, grand dining table, fit for a king. Or at least a medieval banquet. I’m afraid I quiver at the price of such items, so imagine my joy when I came across…
If you know me, you’ll be aware that I despise this man. As I type this, he is currently Prime Minister of our country. Hopefully as you read it, he won’t be. I’m more than happy for you to read this and decide that you have no time for someone like me expressing my political…
December 2019 was conundrum time… It’s the 3rd of December and you’re meeting your Daughter the next day for dinner. You buy her an Advent Calendar every year, despite the fact that She’s now 27 years old. You go to 6 shops, and none of them have any left! What do you do? You make…
Whatever we choose to do to earn a crust, we do it because we have to. We need to live somewhere, sustain ourselves, and buy things. That’s a sweeping generalisation, but it’s true for most of us. But our work shouldn’t define us. Work isn’t who we are, it’s simply what we do. I ‘humanised’…
I’m riding my bike from Lands end to John O’Groats to raise money for Suffolk Mind. I literally do not have the time now that we are so busy again after lockdown, to properly cycle from Land’s End to John O’Groats, however, I am going to do the distance. All 839 miles of the length…