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Every Boy's Dream

Every Boy's Dream

So, I'll skip right to the end and it will come as no surprise that I didn't make it as a professional footballer. I have always had a love to play...

Yas Island - Abu Dhabi. Is it worth a visit?

Abu Dhabi. The quieter neighbour to Dubai, somewhere which has intrigued me for some while. This year it was the wife's 50th Birthday, so I had to ...

Porthleven - Again

Writing this in Autumn may be strange, but we all like to plan ahead for next year. The Summer just gone was the annual trip to Cornwall. Yes, I h...

Menorca - A Tale of Two Capitals plus Football

Two weeks all inclusive in the Med. That's the classic British Summer Package holiday. Yet does the Island of Menorca, which I have frequented on n...

A week in the IOW sun

I finished work on the Saturday lunch, snuck in a holiday trim and set about filling the van with everything we needed and all the things we wouldn...

Man on the Edge

We put the question out there on Instagram, which is your favourite walk in the Peak District, Kinder Scout came out on top but a little too far to...

Lambretta Love Affair

From a young age, I had always yearned for a Lambretta. Maybe my love affair of all things Italian drove this affair, along with growing up within ...

B29 Overexposed

Never check the weather when visiting the peaks, pack for the worst, expect the best, we almost postponed but actually the weather was perfect walk...

Craig David 2 years late

2 years later than planned me and my wife went to see Craig David live at Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham. Now i'll lay it down, I'm not a proper Cr...

Saalbach Hinterglemm

Friday 1700 and the shutters at HQ are down. All that's left to do is fill the tank with extortionately priced diesel, pack my case and grab some t...

Nearly 2000 miles in the search of sun.

The glorious Canary Islands offer that little bit of heat in the middle of a UK winter. Like most, with the pandemic and restrictions, it's been a ...

HQ and the interesting people it attracts.

In turn this brings in many customers with their own little story to tell.

Operation Reacher

It was the night before and Chelsea were playing on sky, with the kids in bed and the adults ready to relax for the evening I wandered into the liv...