Year: 2013
Day 3 Thalys to Paris. I said Thalys! Honestly your mind.
So next leg from Amsterdam to Paris. The Thalys train. The website sold it as a rather groovy train. Ahem. groovy in the 60’s yes….
Ahoy shipmates – The back, the lung and 81 adventure continues…
This photo looks like Cuba but is actually Cullercoats in Whitley Bay where we swooped in for a couple of drinks with…
THE BACK, THE LUNG AND 81. DAY 1.
Day one When you get walloped with bad health you lie still looking at the ceiling thinking what will I do if I ever get…
Sirloin steak? The label said so.
Heated the oil + butter for a Saturday night steak treat. But what in Gawds name is this?
The Scran & Scallie – nae cheap for a swally.
Tom Kitchin the corkscrew curly headed Michelin chef with a lovely smile, a charming enthusiasm for all things food and an increasing brood of…
Parents of teenagers prepare yourself – pant wettingly accurate.
If you have a teenager. Or a child that will one day turn into one. This will hit the spot. No not that kind of…
Why do we do it?
Why do we drink? I have just witnessed the delicate head of the teenager shuffling around with a dazed expression, hunched up, unable to speak…
Dogging
Now if you’ve visited this blog before you will know that I love beasts -all kinds but especially my dogs – the Hairies -my only…
Margaret Thatcher.
Grief Is Grief – For A’ That. Margaret Thatcher Milk Snatcher has gone to meet her maker. An extraordinary woman you must agree whether you…
The Highlands in April – paradise.
A clump of teenagers – a crowd of so-called adults and more dogs than you can shake a stick at. Spaniels, mongrels, Labradors, a mini…