If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I’ve had two very productive days, and it feels quite good. Yesterday afternoon, after a morning spent trying - in vain - to coax some life into the weather station’s Internet connection, I sat down and started to write. […]

They say the weather is something of a British obsession, and having watched the last couple of days’ worth of news bulletins, I can believe it.
You see, there’s been some snow. Not much - just about half an inch around here - but it’s enough to have the police warning us all not to leave […]

I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve done the Maldon Mud Race now.
Well, I say ‘done’, but of course I mean ‘watched’. It was a first for Sal, Dan and dad, though. Dad arrived from the frozen north at about 10, having set off at half five this morning, so we motored around […]

Christmas Day at last, and the weather is fantastic. The sky is brilliant clear blue, the sun is streaming in through the front windows so brightly that we

Tonight it’s the Dennis Party. The theme is James Bond.
Hmmm… I didn’t really want to go in the tux, despite the fact it’s still hanging up behind my desk from last week’s awards. Chris of the Phin has painted his index finger gold, though, and Chris of the Brennan is wearing a bowler hat.
So, I […]

All. Going. To. Die!

It was cold today, but not unbearable, and so I went out with the camera after lunch, out across the fields past the mill to the nature reserve on the opposite side of the valley. The sky was clear and blue and the sun was low, casting long shadows. Behind the hedges, where it had […]

We went to the cinema last night, for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe and came home disappointed.
I’d read good things about it, but few of them were warranted. It’s very slow, and while it would have seemed impressed before Lord of the Rings, in these post-Jackson days it’s […]

Richard came in to the office last night with the single he’s got out for Christmas. He’s reviving Herr Flick and recorded Rock Around Ze Clock with Helga (Kim Hartman), so he’d brought in some pictures from back when he was in Allo Allo for the publicity.
We all sat around listening to both sides (if […]

I am so very, very tired. Last night was the PC Pro Awards. Much fun. Snazzy hotel. Excellent food. Too much to drink. so much, in fact, that when I woke up this morning my tongue was black and I don’t know why. Really, really black, and black saliva and a very nasty taste.
Hmmm… Could […]