Author: Derek

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A trip to London, pt 2

Day 2 dawned and it was with much anticipation that we took the tube to Victoria station to connect with our bus to Warner Brothers…

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A trip to London, pt 1

Recently we crossed the channel to visit London to fill some time in the school holidays. All of us were pretty excited at visiting the…

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Sick. No, it’s not man flu

Fans of the 1980’s comedy The Young Ones will recall an episode called “Sick”. It opened with three of the housemates all coughing, sneezing and…

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What, an update?

So, it’s been a while since my last post and whilst we’ve kept busy, we haven’t really done anything exciting. I guess it had to…

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Fathers day

For a change of scenery, we spent the day in a medieval village. View the pics and a little blurb here.

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Impressive

Q – What’s more impressive than discovering the supermarket sells half liter cans of Paulaner? A – Discovering the place you’re renting has a half…

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Taking advantage of the weather

Due to the lovely weather we’ve been experiencing and the lack of humidity, a la Darwin, I’v been experimenting with wearing items of clothing more…

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Review – Topeak Alien multi tool

This may seem like  an outdated item to review, but as I’ve had this tool for over 12 years, I think it worthy of posting…

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The Bureaucratic Blizzard, a giant elephant and some really great weather

During our visa application process, we had our first taste of French bureaucracy and felt that we had only just scraped the surface, thinking that the…

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A castle, some stinky cheese and where did all these smokers come from?

So, our first full day here was lovely, even if the weather wasn’t. We’d been out the previous evening to the supermarket – just past…

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