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I can’t do stand up

I’m afraid I rather bombed at my stand up debut the other night. It was a pretty grim experience all told. But at least I know now I suppose that…

Local elections

I was perusing the Mail site and was struck by a comment made by some bloke who couldn’t understand how Labour got into Wandsworth. Has the chap never heard of…

On encountering some gruff locals

I was out practicing the other morning on the Strathyrum and was having some major problems with a hook. Now the Strath runs parallel to the Eden Course for a…

Charity at The Links Trust and more

I just paid my yearly residents ticket for my goff in St Andrews and am reeling a bit and picking myself off the floor somewhat. It’s gone up by 41.666666……

Good on Brian Viner but…

I had heard the story before but not from the horse’s mouth to be honest. I only read the real story in the Daily Mail last week when the man…

No title

I’m afraid that I’ve had zero inspiration in digging up a title for this post but thought I’d go with the flow as I’m sitting in Starbucks of a morning…

On Meeting Hugo Ticciati

I didn’t know at the time who he was as I’m not that much up on the modern day classical musical scene to be honest. But while working the other…

Get to FIFA!

I am struggling to believe FIFA’s decision in attempting to still play the Russia World Cup games against Poland etc. Albeit on neutral territory and all that. But to try…

Americans and their Superbowl thing

Ok I’ll admit that I don’t understand American Football like I reckon most Americans won’t understand cricket. But the day of the Superbowl Final seems a bit like Thanksgiving to…

on the benefits of walking

I’m a walker and always have been. Well since I was able to walk of course. But I’ve got Walker blood too. Dad’s mother was a Walker and Uncle Jimmie…