Tag Archives: Lifestyle

Jersey (Back Again)

Posted on April 2, 2018 by

It was April 14th 1976 when I first landed in Jersey, Channel Islands and if you’ve read my previous post ‘So I left Home’ and ‘So, I left Home (2)‘ you’ll know where that ended up. You may have realised that … Continue reading →

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SILH (10) Lets Join the Foreign Legion (Part 2)

Posted on February 17, 2018 by

Ahh, breakfast in Paris, OK it wasn’t the Champs-Elysees, but the bread and coffee was good. After a few days Corporal Yarring told us we were taking the night train to Aubagne, Marseille, the Legion’s headquarters and selection. Selection!? No … Continue reading →

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Live to dance, Dance to live.

Posted on December 20, 2017 by

Holiday hotels have to provide some form of entertainment, that’s a given. Some do it well, some don’t and some are blessed by talent. Whilst in Paphos, Cyprus I was in such a hotel. One particular night the Damon Apartment … Continue reading →

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So, I Left Home (3)

Posted on October 14, 2017 by

“So put me on a highway and show me a sign And take it to the limit one more time.”                                         … Continue reading →

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So, I Left Home (2)

Posted on October 6, 2017 by

I had arrived, Jersey, OK it wasn’t the world but it was a start. I was eighteen with £70 (a lot of money in 1976). I was a bit disappointed with the absence of beautiful girls in grass skirts to … Continue reading →

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Are Any of Us Where We Set Out to Be?

Posted on September 16, 2017 by

Do you find it amusing that some of us end our working lives in a completely different career to the one we originally chose? I’m not sure if I ever really wanted to be a teacher. From the age of … Continue reading →

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Royal Opera House, Ballet, The Ivy and a Birthday

Posted on August 28, 2017 by

This was a landmark birthday and I thought a bit of spoiling wouldn’t go amiss, so off we trundled to London. Because I’m not from Peru, don’t possess a red coat and never travel with Marmalade sandwiches I went as … Continue reading →

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A Walk in the Park

Posted on August 26, 2017 by

I had no intention of writing this, in fact I was going to write a little post about my visit to The Royal Opera House and the phenomenal Mariinksy Ballet, but as always I digress and that will have to wait … Continue reading →

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Chickens Doing Well 

Posted on August 22, 2017 by

So I moved the chickens off the lawn and they seem to thriving, and of course it doesn’t matter if they chow up the grass in their new place. If your a bit lost then you might want to read … Continue reading →

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Parents

Posted on August 9, 2017 by

Have you noticed how many Parenting books, articles, columns, blogs there are today? Type Parenting Guides into Google and there are 11,100,000 results. Do parents have time to do any parenting after they have read all the articles on how … Continue reading →

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