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This is a bit like the airborne equivalent of a blow out on your car:
I really, really miss the Olympics
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London Welsh Club
Sad news from London today that the London Welsh Club in Gray’s Inn Road is in deep trouble financially and may not last. I’ve got such happy memories of the club, from a little lad who used to go there for Urdd all the way to heavy and late nights “socialising” in my twenties. Changes…
Hip hip hooray!
It’s great news: there is very little evidence of Chromium or Cobalt in my blood, which means that my first hip replacement is behaving well, unlike 49,000 others in the UK. And to add to the euphoria on that news, the University of Bristol has published a report that the incidence of Cancer is not…
Whose Call is it Anyway?
Most days, around about 3.15 the phone rings. Sometimes it’s just quiet at the other end, other times it’s someone from a spurious call center business with a very official-sounding name like the “National Free Window Replacement Service”. Whoever it is, they never leave their number. If I dial 1471 to check on their calling…
As I look out of my window … #1
As I look out of my window, what can I see? Famous words but now more poignant than ever. This morning I’m sitting in my dining room – a room normally only used on high days and holidays – but now setup for WFH!. Like many thousands of others, I am now consigned to days…