Never Lands – The Time I Didn’t Go To Holland (September 2001)
Most people will remember September 2001 for the 11th day of that month and the attacks on the USA. MOst of us had to get on with our ordinary lives and in my case sorting…
First footsteps in Birmingham…and uninspiring intoxication (October 2008)
It may sound hard to believe, but aged 28 and finding myself in Birmingham I got more drunk than I had ever been before; in October 2008. In many ways it was a big occassion,…
Switzerland Snowtime🇨🇭: My Time Backpacking in Zurich
Winter in Switzerland will always sound appealing, and this one crept up so slowly and passed by so quick I barely noticed. It was in March 2007, and even recounting the experience 18 months…
The Lymington Pub Crawl – 1st October 2008
I had been working in Lymington since June 2008 on Wightlink ferries which take only 30 minutes to get you from Lymington in Hampshire to Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight. My drive to work…
Backpacking In Slovakia: To Bratislava…
It was one of those cities (and Slovakia one of those countries) that I had somehow missed on my 2007 World Tour, despite it being one of those I was so close to at certains…
SOENISC Meeting In Weston-Super-Mare, April 2007
I first met Sammy G (Sam Gordon) back in 2006 at the SOE NISC meeting in Bristol. He came with his son, Chris and is an ex-Belfast man now living in Weston Super Mare. As…
Stuff you can’t get anymore!
I bought one of them there Wispa bars today for the first time in years and it got me thinking about all the things that have come and gone, discontinued products etc. I’ve quickly made…