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LATEST ARTICLES ( 1092 )

• Pooing on a Paddle

  

  As further confirmation of my inevitable slide towards the slab, a bowel cancer screening test kit dropped on the mat – part of the national programme to... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2021 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Jack Frost

  

  Brisk walks are the best way to burn off all those festive calories, especially during lockdown when keep fit options are limited. Timing is everything at this... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2021 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Putting on the Ritz

  

  I know it can be tough on pets and those of a nervous disposition but I do love a pyrotechnic extravaganza, especially at New Year – all that sound and fury... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2021 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Lost Year

  

  Come the stroke of midnight we’ll warm the last of the mince pies on the top of the wood burner and pop open the fizz, not to see in the new year but to make... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Top of the Pansy Pops 2020

  

  What a year. Who would have predicted that 2020 would have brought a pandemic to strike us down and trash the global economy? Unsurprisingly, the coronavirus... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Staying Safe

  

  Just because we can doesn’t mean we should. We usually fit in a jolly to the big city just before Christmas to see family. But not this year. Instead we’ll be... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Cheers from Chedgrave

  

  Liam and I enjoy a tipple or three and we’re all for supporting local businesses. So to celebrate the end of the latest lockdown, we’ve combined both passions... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• What’s in a Name?

  

  The twin villages of Loddon and Chedgrave have ancient roots. Both are listed in the Domesday Book of 1086, that great asset register commissioned by that... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Testing, Testing 1-2-3

  

  By chance and completely at random, we were invited to participate in a national COVID-19 research study being run jointly by the Office for National... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Gone Fishing

  

  The wettest October since the Great Flood finally gave way to crisp brightness, and so to prevent the second lockdown becoming more of a lock-in, Liam pushed... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Trip Down Malaysian Memory Lane

  

  In 2016, I wrote a little piece about my semi-colonial life as a forces child in Malaysia back in the swinging sixties. The post – Reflections of an Army Brat... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Smoke-free by Thirty

  

  I’m a dedicated and sometimes not very subtle eavesdropper. When we were travelling on the London Tube a few weeks back, two hipster types were sitting... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Jack’s Diamond Jubilee

  

  Edinburgh, Scotland’s elegant capital, was on the agenda for my sixtieth birthday. Alas, with the latest lockdown it wasn’t to be. That particular jolly has bee... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• It’s My Birthday and I’ll Cry If I Want To

  

  I’m now officially old and young people in shops call me sir. I’d like to say 60 is the new 40 but who am I trying to kid? Gravity is taking its toll, my bald... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• I’m Not a Pheasant Plucker

  

  When I put food out for the birds, I don’t expect a big fat pheasant to waddle along and scoff the lot. Bold as brass it was. Where’s the pheasant plucker when... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Bikers’ Grove

  

  We’ve all got bills to pay and everyone everywhere has been forced to adapt quickly to the new reality of these troubling times. This is as true in sleepy Loddo... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Classy Classics

  

  Despite a charming and traditional appearance, Loddon Village comes with all mod cons – well, almost. A decent mobile phone signal would be nice. Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Don’t Be a Twat, Wear a Face Mask

  

  All masked up, Liam and I jumped on the bus to Norwich to take a gander at In Memoriam by artist Luke Jerram, flapping about in Chapelfield Gardens. The... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• London Calling

  

  The tail end of August saw us in old London Town to commemorate what would have been the 59th birthday of an old friend who died unexpectedly in January this... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Spamalot

  

  I’ve been plagued with spam comments ever since I started this blogging malarkey – nearly 370,000 so far. Just like Domestos and germs, my spam filter kills... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION