Tag Archives: Opinion

Are Any of Us Where We Set Out to Be?

Posted on September 16, 2017 by charliecountryboy

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 →

Posted in Education, Humour, Life, Opinion, people | Tagged Art, Blogging, Humour, Life, Lifestyle, Opinion | 8 Comments

Fashion and Window Dressing

Posted on September 2, 2017 by charliecountryboy

Have you noticed how boring provincial shop displays are today? Every day I walk through town and I pass all these shops. Debenhams – New Look – River Island – Miss Selfridge – Burton – TopShop – Topman These are their frontages in Beverley. This to me says. … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion, Lifestyle | Tagged Beverley, Burton, Clothes, Debenhams, Fashion, Harrods, Innovation, Lakeland, Life, Miss Selfridge, New Look, Opinion, River Island, Selfridges, Shopping, Shops | 3 Comments

Royal Opera House, Ballet, The Ivy and a Birthday

Posted on August 28, 2017 by charliecountryboy

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 →

Posted in Ballet, Lifestyle | Tagged Art, Ballet, Birthdays, Covent Garden, Food, Life, Lifestyle, London, Opinion, The Ivy, The Royal Ballet, The Royal Opera House, Travel | 23 Comments

A Walk in the Park

Posted on August 26, 2017 by charliecountryboy

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 →

Posted in Athletics, Blogging, Entertainment, Gardening, Humour, Life, Lifestyle, London, nature, Opinion, people, Railways, Travel | Tagged Art, Athletics, Blogging, Entertainment, Humour, Kings Cross, Life, Lifestyle, London, Mo Farah, Opinion, Sculpture, Travel | 8 Comments

Chickens Doing Well

Posted on August 22, 2017 by charliecountryboy

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 →

Posted in Blogging, Gardening, Life, Lifestyle, Opinion, people | Tagged animals, Blogging, DIY, enviroment, Gardening, Interest, Life, Lifestyle, nature, Opinion, People | 7 Comments

Parents

Posted on August 9, 2017 by charliecountryboy

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 →

Posted in Education, Further Education, Humour, Life, Lifestyle, Opinion, people | Tagged Children, Communities, Kids, Learning, Life, Lifestyle, Opinion, Parenting, Relationships, Self Help | 11 Comments

Does The Media Annoy You Too?

Posted on August 2, 2017 by charliecountryboy

Are London 2017 World Championships the end of an era for athletics in Britain? ALAN TYERS I have to ask the question, WHY? Why couldn’t this headline have said. ‘Athletic stars leave a legacy to motivate and inspire.’ Or. ‘Retiring champions leave … Continue reading →

Posted in Athletics, Blogging, Freedom, Life, Lifestyle, Media, Opinion, people, Sport | Tagged Athletics, Blogging, Entertainment, Health, Life, Lifestyle, Mo Farah, Opinion, Sport, Usain Bolt, World Championships | 8 Comments