“There’s a few bob in your pocket and you’ve got good friends and it seems like summer’s never coming to an end. Young, free and innocent, you haven’t got a care, apart from decidin’ on the clothes you’re gonna wear. The street’s turned into paradise, the radio’s singing dreams, you’re innocent, immortal, you’re just fifteen. […]
I’m writing this on what I think is day 39 of lockdown here in the UK. It’s late Friday afternoon and I’ve finished my work for the day. I’m glad I still have work, not just for the obvious financial reasons but also because I have something meaningful that exercises my brain for large parts […]
I’m a member of a Facebook group called the Cricket Grounds Appreciation Society. It’s as anoraky and twee as it sounds, but to we cricket-lovers, shorn of the summer game that we love so much, this year, it’s becoming a bit of a godsend during these barren times. Members of the group simply post pictures […]
I’ve been feeling really guilty. I had this little blog built for me by the super talented Gary Hartley of The Floating Frog up in Harrogate, a few weeks ago now. ‘Can you build me a blog, Gary? Nothing fancy, just somewhere I can write without constaint and share my thoughts with people, for what […]
I’ve been on this earth for a good few years now and have already lived through some famous events of the type that the history books are made of, some of which I can remember pretty well, some I can remember bits of and some not at all – The Vietnam War, man landing on […]