Thursday, 28 June 2018

Out of office

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This is where I've been working for much of the week. It's the bottom of our garden. This is the first time in the more tha...
Saturday, 23 June 2018

10 of the best

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Jamie officially turns 10 years old in a couple of hours' time (I'm delaying accepting the inevitable for as long as I can). T...
Tuesday, 5 June 2018

Good Sports

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It was Sports Day at St Oswald's PS today and, despite claiming otherwise, Jamie was determined to defend his unbeaten record in the s...
Wednesday, 30 May 2018

Whitsun with the Whites

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The first of four camping trips planned for this year (yes two, plus another two) is done and, well, it wasn't too bad. OK, it was ...
Wednesday, 23 May 2018

Sun, son and daughter

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Greeting Pop Pickers where you join me in our back garden nursing my burns (and listening to Pick of the Pops.  They're doing Harry and ...
Sunday, 15 April 2018

A City within a city

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Well, that's the Easter holidays almost done for another year.  We wrapped ours up in a less than obvious way, as it w...
Thursday, 12 April 2018

Jen's all set to face the music

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My good friend Jennifer McCracken (now Trohear) is doing something rather wonderful next weekend and would welcome yo...
Wednesday, 11 April 2018

Black and White

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Following yesterday's little reminisce  about political events in Northern Ireland a mere 20 years ago, I must share a related mat...
Tuesday, 10 April 2018

The Long Good Friday

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The picture you can see above was taken 20 years ago today.  That's me in the top right-hand corner.  Ulster Unionist Leader David ...
Sunday, 8 April 2018

Halfway there

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Fresh from my April Fools' Day appointment as the new manager of Guiseley AFC, I headed off to London on Thursday to check out the Olym...