We’re back from our weekend in the lakes. Did I find my mojo? I’m not sure, but if I didn’t I certainly came close. We stayed in Windermere, which is far from my favourite place in Cumbria – the main reason for which is that it’s constantly heaving with tourists….

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Today is Kerry’s birthday. She is 34 years old which, lets face it, is pretty damn ancient. Thirty four is only one year off thirty five. Which is as near as damnit to forty. then comes fifty, then sixty, then seventy, and then ultimately an eternity of decomposing in a…

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Those of you who are members of the Joseph Salmon Trust facebook group (and why wouldn’t you be) will have recently received the following email: “We’re thinking of holding a Film Night at the Peacock Lounge in Huddersfield at some point over the coming months. It would involve watching a…

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I’ve recently changed my walking route in order to compensate for the increasingly dark mornings. It’s far safer to face early-bird commuter traffic with street lights and pavements rather than dark and narrow country lanes. My new walking route takes me past a very significant house in our village. It…

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While flicking around the TV channels tonight we stumbled across the Antiques Roadshow on BBC 1. There is something quintessentially Sunday evening about the Antiques Roadshow. It’s like Last of the Summer Wine and Midsommer Murders. Although actually I’m pretty sure that Midsommer Murders was shown on a Saturday –…

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It seems that Diet Coke is to my creativity as Samson’s hair was to he strength. I gave up drinking the stuff a couple of weeks ago, and since then I’ve struggled to throw anything of worth up here. Actually it’s probably a lot more complicated than that. There’s a…

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