The Sunday of the weekend was reserved for a Christening of my wife’s sister’s son, now one year old. This took place in Orpington. We had no car with us so needed to get to the church from the middle of London. We exited the hotel earlyish and grabbed a taxi to London Bridge. My …
Monthly Archives: June 2008
Weekend break in London – part 1
I was saved the pain of driving all the way from the Heathow area to my home in North Shropshire this weekend by my family joining me in London. We booked into the Holiday Inn, Kings Cross (using points of course) – room for me and the Mrs and another room for the kids. Overall, …
Swimming again
Last year I had got into a healthy habit of swimming very regularly: pretty much every morning when staying in a hotel and also on Saturday and Sunday mornings at a hotel local to home with my eldest daughter. Then I got derailed earlier this year by, well, coughing – a bug that went around …
Father’s Day Go Ape
The kids treated me well today, as they always do – cooked breakfast (my infamous “fishy stuff” cooked by my youngest) and a full Sunday Roast done by them both. As a surprise, I had my better half grab a laptop onto her lap in bed whilst we awaited breakfast and book a session for …
Audio books
These used to be the preserve of the blind or poorly sighted and often recorded especially for them by organisations such as the RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People). I have had man friends over the years deeply grateful for the output of such organisations which included newspapers, books, audio-description of films, and so …
A Prisoner of Birth by Jeffrey Archer
Unabridged version read by Narrator: Roger Allam, 16 hours and 26 mins. Danny Cartwright and Spencer Craig were born on different sides of the track. Danny, an East End Cockney, leaves Clement Attlee Comprehensive School at the age of 15 to take up a job at a local garage. He falls in love with Beth, …
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
An unabridged audio version. Narrator: William Roberts. I read this book when it first came out. A Short History of Nearly Everything is Bill Bryson’s quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization. He takes subjects that normally bore the pants off most of us, like geology, …
Ill health in the family
Yesterday was a bad day. I am not at liberty to share information here but I have certainly been given reason to revaluate my lifestyle. I came home during the morning yesterday, having taken a day’s leave for personal reasons at no notice. I always feel bad taking time off – I know I am …