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Designated adult

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Gary

Following a less than adequate period of sleep, I met Nicktor for an 8am breakfast where he told me how he’d left his window open all night and flooded the bedroom carpet with rain. He’d tried his best to mop … Continue reading →

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Edinburgh 2: The Return

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Gary

This weekend marked our second trip to Edinburgh to visit with Mark and go and see his football team, Dunfermline Athletic, the Pars. By ‘we’ I mean Nicktor and me. We set off ridiculously early this morning for our second … Continue reading →

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Secret stories

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Gary

I have been visited by the dreaded gout. Put alongside Mum’s horrendous cough and we’re a right old pair of crocks. While explaining to Mum how I got gout in the first place and henceforth continue to suffer from such … Continue reading →

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Friday night trains

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Gary

It rained overnight and this morning dawned grey and miserable. After the heady heights of yesterday, the temperature had even dropped. Hey ho, as the great ones say. Dennis and Lloyd turned up nice and early (a bit too early … Continue reading →

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The ugly face of cricket

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Gary

It’s a strange phenomena that big, burly and excessively hairy men can acceptably wear dresses to the cricket. The social norms at live cricket matches change. Fancy dress of all sorts becomes the order of the day. When or why … Continue reading →

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