A look at stuff that’s been experienced first hand.
I was going to write a blog today all about www.yorkshirebrickshow.co.uk  at the National coal mining museum today. It is just one of many things that I was going to do today. The first was get up early and get to the Lego exhibition for when it opened. Well, we did get up early thanks to Annie and her love of… Read more →
I have just finished listening to’Where memories go’. It’s the story of Magnus Magnusson’s wife’s descent into dementia written by his daughter Sally Magnusson, serialised on radio 4′s book of the week. What a wonderful gift from a daughter to her mother. Poignant and funny, written with such love and tenderness, Â Sally’s mother must have been such a wonderful lady… Read more →
Just before Christmas we were given two , one week’s free membership to the Academy. The Academy is a health club in Harrogate. Â It’s so much nicer then the local swim baths. There is carpet on the floor in the changing rooms, the power shower’s temperature is adjustable not universally boiling or freezing. Most important though is the fact the… Read more →
Matt and I finished ‘Breaking Bad’ last night. It was a hard fought battle my behalf  to get through to the end as there were quite a few episodes that put me so far out of my comfort zone I was nearly sat next door. The story revolves around Walter White an uninspiring science teacher who finds out he has… Read more →
While Matt and Jaygo braved the elements, Sophie and I decided to take Annie for her first visit to the cinema. We went to the eleven o’clock kids club at the Harrogate Odeon cinema. It used to be one adult free per child but apparently that changed a while ago (shows how long it’s been since we last went). It… Read more →
Jaygo and I have just finished reading ‘Gangsta Granny,’ by David Walliams. Its the tale of a twelve year old boy who detests going to visit his sad cabbagey old grandmother until one day he discovers a secret hoard of jewels in her biscuit tin. Where have they come from and why are they there? Suddenly Granny seems a… Read more →
I have been doing some research on how to get Annie-Mo to sleep well during her naps. She sleeps brilliantly at night (thank goodness) and often when I mention that she isn’t sleeping well during nap time people smile and say,” well at least she sleeps well at night”. Obviously it is good that she does sleep at night but… Read more →
364.5 Days ago I launched a project to blog every day throughout 2013. Publishing this very post will complete that project. By way of something to write about today, I thought I’d surface some of my fave moments, and (going by view stats) some of yours. It’s been a remarkable year. Some of it I knew was coming – the… Read more →
Tip top night. It got to about 21:30 and there was no one in the house. Why am I doing this, thought I – it was empty. My wingman had pulled out at the last minute for personal reasons (he turned up later though) which made me happy. By 21:35, it was busy. It was as if someone had dropped… Read more →
We attempted the Christmas Market at the bottom of Montpelier Hill (Just opposite the Slug and Lettuce) today. A mix of stalls and food concessions were the main stay with a smattering of small fairground rides at the Cold Bath Road end. I’d like to report back with a glowing review, but we beat a hasty retreat shortly after arrival…. Read more →
Two days into The Ashes first test and England have collapsed beyond much hope. I actually woke up at 04:40 this morning and tuned in for 15 minutes. A silly thing to do. England had just lost a string of wickets for not many runs at all, then that fella from the local rag – who’d been chipping in with… Read more →
Ommwriter. You came into my field of view and I liked the look of you. Distraction free writing sounds good. You look beautiful and have some great sounding features. These are the first few words. Already, I’m missing spellcheck. The red wavey lines that appear under words that I’ve spelt wrong are conspicuous by their absence. I typically do make… Read more →
I fell for one of the classic marketing ploys today. Free stuff. More precisely, the ol’ “bread at the back of the store” technique. An old friend was running the show at Destination Venus today – Harrogate’s graphic novel and comic store – and he stuck a note of facebook saying it was free comic day. My Yorkshire sensibilities kicked… Read more →
Very nearly ran out of time to write a my 365 blog entry today but not quite. Just in after a full days work where I had a super nice lunch then de-constructed a project I’m working on. Its almost like I’m doing an engine rebuild and at the moment I’ve got parts and components (grease and all) carefully composed… Read more →
We watched Cloud Atlas last night. The book flirted with me for years, I’ve had it in my possession a few times but didn’t get round to reading it. The film version is impossible to describe as a whole – part action, part psychological thriller, part comedy. 1970s car chase and fight scenes through to dystopian styling which smacked of… Read more →
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