Monthly Archives: August 2012

Let’s go to Rio! or after the Lord Mayor’s Show

As I said before, here’s the thing . . . . . . Its Sunday August 12th 2012 and our memorable 2012 Olympics is coming to a close please forgive me for republishing a blog that I first published in 2009.  I … Continue reading

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Call me Ishmael!

During my rock-climbing days, spending regular weekends hanging from a rock face in the Llanberris Pass and our evenings taste testing the ales in a pub in Capel Curig, I remember one of my chums teasing our barmaid who was the … Continue reading

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What I want, what I really, really want . .

The beautiful, serene one went to Wimbledon to watch her beloved Roger Federer – I don’t understand the attraction, he is nowhere nearly as handsome as me. To really rub it in she told me when she returned that a … Continue reading

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Me! politically correct?

I would rather you called me Dai than politically correct I know that I keep promising to stop reading the newspapers over breakfast in order to save my ageing brain from blowing a fuse, but . . . . . . . I spent a … Continue reading

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It is the Ancient Mariner!

It is the Ancient Mariner or is it?  When I was naught but a lad I sailed the seven seas as an apprentice on a cargo boat. I suppose I was easily led because when the rest of the crew, … Continue reading

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Anti French! Moi?

Rosbifs fight back or Was that another gold gong? The new unmemorable French President Francois Hollande didn’t really distress me when a couple of days into the Olympics, British fans still waiting anxiously for our first Gold Medal and he … Continue reading

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Beach towel wardens have vays of making you pay!

Beach towel wardens linering up The idea of Germans getting up at dawn to claim sun loungers with their towels may be a cliché, but at least one cruise ship company has appointed wardens to police how long such loungers … Continue reading

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