My Stroke – I Have Had Better Wednesdays – Part 2
My Stroke, no It wasn’t a Bad Dream…. So, the story of my stroke, where was I? Oh yes, I had arrived at work after having a couple of episodes of double vision and I did not feel terribly well. I obviously did not look too good as Victoria, a colleague, said that I […]
My Stroke – I Have Had Better Wednesdays – Part 1
No One Expects the Spanish Inquisition, or A Stroke. My stroke. Wednesday 13th June 2018. A perfectly normal day. I was looking after Meg, a golden Labrador for her mum, Di, had gone on holiday with Jane. I had fed Meg, given her a walk, and then taken her to her house for the […]
Come to Clitheroe, Pothole Capital
Come to Clitheroe, Pothole Capital John Lennon wrote about 4000 holes in Blackburn Lancashire after reading about the state of Lancashire’s road in a local paper and the number of potholes. If he were alive today he would replace Blackburn with Clitheroe. Clitheroe is now the pothole Capital. Pothole Slalom, the new sport. One […]
EU Referendum – Not Project Fear, Project Reality
The EU Referendum campaign was a nasty, divisive affair. Now comes Project Reality. They called it Project Fear, it is turning into Project reality. The Brexit campaigners won, but what has been the fallout? They said that everything that the Remain campaigners were saying were just the establishment lining up to scare the public. […]
Politics – General Election 2015 – The Polls
The latest General Election polls I saw 2 polls in the papers yesterday. The Observer Con 34%, Lab 35%, Lib Dem 6%, UKIP 14%, Greens 6%. YouGov Con 34%, Lab 34%, Lib Dem 8%, UKIP 14%, Greens 5% So the pattern of The Conservatives and Labour being neck and neck remains. Since […]
Politics – The Save Dave Cameron Plan – General election 2015
The Sunday Times Says That Senior Tories Want to Save Dave Cameron. The story runs that despite all the public pronouncements about winning the General election outright a plan is being hatched to save Dave Cameron should he not win the general election. In spite of a somewhat lack luster performance by Miliband so […]
Roni
Roni and I were really good friends 30 years ago when we both lived in Bristol. She then moved back to Wales and we lost touch. About a year ago she ran across me on Facebook and made contact. Since then we have resumed our friendship. Roni is now a wood turner making amazing […]
A New Start?
I am beginning to question just why I have restarted this blog. It was interesting to re-read the old posts. Some were embarrassing and some I did not recognise. Still, I must have meant it all at the time, so they stay………
dNeero stuff (I will explain later)
There Are Worse Things Than Listening to Dolly Parton.
I was watching Euro 2008 on the TV. During the advert break there was an advert for DP’s latest release and Jane said ‘There are worse things than listening to Dolly Parton’. There was a silence, she looked at me and said ‘Did I say that out loud?’ Naturally, being a caring new man I […]
Phil’s British Heart Foundation Donation – you know it makes sense
