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A Walk Around Britain
This article from the Guardian about three chaps walking around Britain with no money and nothing but an English folk song in their hearts is inspiring.
People walk less and less, cycle less and less, and get in their car for the most trifling of journeys. Yet these three walk the length and breadth of our land, [...]
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Jimmy Sirrel
I am sad to report that Jimmy Sirrel passed away last night. My first sporting enthusiasm was supporting Notts County.
It was always regarded as perverse to support Notts County in the years that Forset were winning Leagues and European Cups. However, to me, Jimmy Sirrel was as big a personality as Brian Clough was on [...]
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2 Things
2 things have caught my interest in the last 2 days and I feel that you may benefit from these insightful links to said things.
First, that genius wrapped in pure unbounded intelligence called Mr Stephen Fry has started doing a podcast, or podgram as he calls it.
I have only listened to the first so far [...]
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My Faithful Kettle
It is time to say farewell to my faithful kettle of 21 years. It has been with me since I was a student, and before that it was my brother’s.
It has boiled me countless cups of warming drinks and has been with me through good time and bad times.
Many a friend has looked upon this [...]
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Happy Birthday Monty
Slowing down and greying, but still our best Beesht.12 years old today. As a puppy he ran and ran and would not look back. He would lose himself in muddy fields, on railway lines, his nose to the ground….. a nose on legs.Now, he walks slowly, sniffs slowly and slowly lifts his back leg to [...]
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Sherlock Holmes In Brief
I was given the best present ever for Christmas. The collected DVD’s of Sherlock Holmes starring Jeremy Brett.
39 blissful hours of battening down the hatches on a rainy weekend afternoon.
The synopsis for such fun:
1) Holmes rebukes Watson for trivialising his art, OR Watson rebukes Holmes for indulging in some bad habit (excused by [...]
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