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My name's Dan and I live near Huddersfield in the North of England. I’m a 34 years old part time stay at home dad. For three days a week I'm also a community mental health nurse but you won’t find me blogging about that here. I’m married to Kerry and we have two children - Amy (6) and Evan (3). I keep chickens, grow veg, and take the occasional long walk. If you want to know how other's describe me then take a look here.Where else to find me
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Monthly Archives: November 2007
You have to take the crunchy with the smooth I suppose
I’m not feeling particularly like writing today so I’m bringing out something I’d prepared for just such an occasion. Prepare yourself for the dreaded return of:
This NaBloPoMo is going to kill me
… so here’s a picture of a cow I took last week. I hope you enjoy it because that’s all you’re getting today. Bookmark It Read more »
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The magnificent thirteen
We now have the final lineup for our 78 mile sponsored walk in aid of the Joseph Salmon Trust. Quite how I managed to persuade all these people to participate is beyond me. I suspect however it has great deal … Continue reading Read more »
Pick up a penguin
I have a bit of a thing for zoos. I know that a lot of people feel they are cruel places, where animals are exploited for profit under a false venire of environmentalism. And to be honest I have a … Continue reading Read more »
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In the interests of the environment I am now recycling my jokes
For some reason Oli didn’t like the position in the team I had allocated him. And here I was trying to make him feel all special by giving him a unique role. Ah well, you can’t please all of the … Continue reading Read more »
The moment you’ve all been waiting for
Introducing the… Unfortunately no one guessed the name of the team correctly. I’m not sure why though, Chives seems the natural choice to me. Apparently at one point the Dallas Cowboys were going to go with the name too, but … Continue reading Read more »
Golden gridiron boy
College sports have never been as big in the UK as they seem to be in the States. Over here university sports teams are just thinly veiled excuses for the participants to consume twice their body weight in alcohol. It … Continue reading Read more »
Unfortunatly Kerry is alergic to cats
There is a mouse in the room and it’s freaking me out. I can’t see it, but I know it’s there. I can hear it scrabbling away behind our shelving unit, eating my Muppet DVDs and chewing holes in Amy’s … Continue reading Read more »
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If you would care to direct your attention elsewhere
There are some people who will tell you there is a big list of essential equipment necessary for long distance walking. Maps, hiking boots, emergency rations, waterproof clothing; the list goes on and on. To those so called experts I … Continue reading Read more »
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Daddy and daughter
Like virtually every other blogger on the planet I’m participating in NaBloPoMo this month. Even though I’m normally a pretty prolific poster anyway I must admit that I’m finding coming up with a blog entry each and every day a … Continue reading Read more »
