Category: Ramblings

Just general, random posts.

An eagle in flight over the audience at Eagle Heights

Afternoon Tea At Eagle Heights

For my birthday last year I was given an afternoon tea experience at Eagle Heights, a local(ish) bird sanctuary and yesterday me, The Wife & The Girls went out for the afternoon to enjoy some...

Backdrop of the Starlight Express stage

All Aboard The Starlight Express

The Girls had their first experience of a London theatre musical as we took them to see Starlight Express some thirty years after The Wife and I went to see it.

2025 Fireworks

Onto 2025. Will Things Get Better?

Well as the crap show that is 2024 comes to an end it’s always good to look forward to what the next twelve months can possibly bring.

Man holding his head in sadness looking at his laptop

The Importance Of Backing Up

Don’t you just hate it when you make significant changes to a website, cock it up, delete a load of stuff & realise you haven’t done a back-up in a long while?

The numbers 2024 in front of some fireworks

It’s A New Year, New Meh!

After the decidedly average 2023, 2024 limped pathietically into existence with a whimper.

Man holding his knee

Uh Oh, That’s Not What I Knee-d

When I started running earlier this year I didn’t think that I’d have to stop just two months later. I have torn the meniscus in my knee and now need physio.

Meat Loaf Gone Like A Bat Out Of Hell

Musically speaking, Meat Loaf has been a massive part of my life for as long as I can remember. When I was about seven years old I would listen to my dad’s cassette album of...