Jackscott

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• The Ties That Bind

  

  My oldest friend died in January 2020. He’d just finished his shift as a drama teacher at a North London school and was about to drive home. He had a cardiac... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2024 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Early Yuletide Logs

  

  Anticipating weather on the turn, we took advantage of cheap summer supplies for the log burner. We’re now fully-stocked for the shorter days to come and the... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2024 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Making Hay While the Sun Shines

  

  After a damp start, our East Anglian summer warmed up nicely during August. It dried up too, with hardly a drop for our thirsty plot. It’s been perfect weather... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2024 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Cash Is Still King

  

  For our inaugural visit to luscious Lakka on Paxos back in 2022, cash was king. Flashing the plastic in shops, restaurants and cafés was definitely frowned upon. Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2024 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Like a Bad Penny

  

  We caught COVID on a flying visit to Bulgaria in 2022. Thankfully, as we’d been vaxed to the max, our symptoms were fairly mild, “…more man-flu than... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2024 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Postcards from Corfu Old Town

  

  Following a week or so of life-affirming lolling and libations on Paxos, we’ve switched it up a gear for a couple of nights in Corfu Old Town – Kerkyra to the... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2024 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Postcards from Paxos – Second Delivery

  

  Some Like It HotWe knew Paxos would be hot, but we didn’t know quite how sizzling. The mercury rises with each day that passes – 38 degrees and counting. Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2024 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Postcards from Paxos – First Delivery

  

  The Crack of DawnWe were up at the crack of dawn for our sunrise flight to Corfu. Although we’d booked our seats with TUI, one of the world’s largest travel... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2024 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Computer Says No

  

  The queue is as quintessentially British as fish and chips, a Sunday roast or a post-pub kebab. I’m all for it. It appeals to my first-come-first-served sense o... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2024 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Cutting Room Floor

  

  I’m off-air while Liam and I are perking our pansies on pretty Paxos. While we’re away, here’s a selection of photos that ended up on the cutting room floor,... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2024 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lakka, the Return

  

  I know I sound like a stuck record, but we’ve really had it with endless drab skies and drizzle. A few sunny days does not a summer make. Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2024 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Merry Husbands of Windsor (Part Two)

  

  Day two of our merry Windsor trip was big castle time. I’d forgotten how relentlessly busy the town gets. The castle receives about 1.5 million visitors a... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2024 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Merry Husbands of Windsor (Part One)

  

  For about six years until 1993, I lived in Windsor. The pleasant Berkshire town is famous for one thing – an enormous, sprawling castle. Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2024 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lost Boys and Fairies

  

  Sometimes something just turns up without warning, punches you in the gut and has you reaching for the Kleenex. Such a thing is Lost Boys and Fairies, the... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2024 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Not Gay At All

  

  Back in the seventies, catalogue shopping was all the rage and buy now, pay later was my old Mum’s mantra. The entire family was kitted out on the never–never,... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2024 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Even the Ducks Are Pissed Off

  

  These constant rainy days are really starting to get on my tits. I’m not unfamiliar with big weather. As an army brat in faraway Malaysia, there was the annual... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2024 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Seven Swans A-Swimming

  

  With the sun finally poking through the grey clouds, we grabbed the chance to take a walk down by the River Chet for the first time in an age. Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2024 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• And a Partridge in a Pear Tree

  

  The rural flatlands of Norfolk are habitat heaven for the birds – fields and forests, rivers and wetlands provide the perfect breeding ground for an eclectic... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2024 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Fifteen Seconds of Fame

  

  Earlier this week, I sprinted through the half a million barrier for pansy hits. When I say sprinted, it’s been more of a gentle stroll, and it’s taken nearly... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2024 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Come Rain Or Shine

  

  Even by the usual erratic standards of these rainswept islands, the weather so far this spring has been damp and dismal – rain, rain and more bleedin’ rain, wit... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2024 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION