Category Archives: My Life

Holiday to the Lake District – Day Four

Day Four of the holiday and the inevitable happened at last. It was always going to, despite warnings from those who know the area better than us, and who cautioned us against it. That’s right; today, we took a boat … Continue reading

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Holiday to the Lake District – Day Three

So, Day Three of our adventure is drawing to a close, and I am buzzing with the beauty of the place. This was our first day of visiting the Lake District National Park itself, and boy, is it beautiful! I’ve … Continue reading

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Holiday to the Lake District – Day Two

Well here we are at the end of Day Two of our adventure to the Lake District. I don’t know why I’m calling it “”Day Two”. It doesn’t feel like day two. In truth it doesn’t really feel like day … Continue reading

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Holiday to the Lake District – Day One

So we are going on holiday to the Lake District and I am blogging about it. The original plan, back in April or May had been to go to Paris for the weekend to celebrate our 2 year anniversary, which … Continue reading

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On the Move Again

It started with a phone call. Me: Hello? Woman#1: Hello I’m Random-Babbling-Blonde-With-A-Forgettable-Name from Current-Letting-Agency. Me: Hi there. Woman#1: The landlord has asked to have a look round the property on Saturday morning, is that convenient? Me: I guess we could … Continue reading

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And Here I am – Again

My, my, yes, it is me, back after months of neglecting the blog again, blah, blah, blah, etc, etc, etc. Actually it is so long since I was last here that it took three attempts to remember what my blog … Continue reading

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Too Late for New Year?

Calander Like most bloggers, I like to finish off my year with a summing up of the 12 months gone/this is what I’ve got coming up in the year ahead post, but for various reasons I’ve not had time so … Continue reading

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Why I’m Not Joining the Photo Blog Revolution

Anyone who spends a little of their precious time each day reading Twitter or navigating their way through the blogosphere will be well aware by now of the trend towards user uploaded photos on the internet. It’s been a feature … Continue reading

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Unemployed

This blog has always been a mixture of diary and wider commentary, and such is the case with this post. I moved to Plymouth a little over a month ago without any job to come to. I actually left a … Continue reading

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Grass is Always Greener?

When I first moved to Bristol, back in September 2004, I chose my accommodation very carefully from the wide range of buildings and locations offered by the university. I had it in my head at the time that I wanted … Continue reading

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The Real Me?

I am two people, not one. I guess we all are, really. Not in a split personality way, although some people are. Just in a variable mood sort of way. I doubt I’m really that different from most people, and … Continue reading

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This is an Update

Wow, over three months since my last post here! Hasn’t time flown by?! Well, probably not if you’ve actually been waiting for me to update, but in this age of RSS feeds and automation, who actually does that? I come … Continue reading

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Backward Banks

For me, a poor, penniless student with no property, no morgage, no deposit for a morgage, no shares and no capital, the recession has, so far, had very little impact on my life. Perhpas this will change in a few … Continue reading

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Pizza-Pasta, Pasta-Pizza

Well, hello there blog! Been a while hasn’t it? Yes, yes, I know and I’m sorry. But as I have pointed out in a few of my recent posts, coursework comes before blogging. Or rather came before blogging. For now … Continue reading

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Will it Ever Stop Snowing?!

As I write this the snow is falling for at least the third time this week, and it has been forecast to land on Bristol almost every day for the next week or so. I guess when they say it’s … Continue reading

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Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!

I’m hoping to find time this afternoon to write a longer, more interesting post than the one I’m writing now. This is just a little something to keep you going, written quickly in the gap between the end of a … Continue reading

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Choppy Choppy

This is a post that I started writing over a week ago and I’ve only just found the time to finish it. Apologies for the delay! As I sit on this rail replacement coach, from which I write to you … Continue reading

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Goodbye 2008

Oh dear Lord! Gerald, come quickly, that dreadful Mark Glover is about to bore everyone to death with another of those horrible end of year summary round-robin-esque posts that make such DULL reading every December. How utterly awful! That’s right … Continue reading

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The Big Festive Deadline

It’s 24th December 2003 and my 15 year old self has just arrived home from a 12 hour shift at Waitrose. I enter the lounge to discover the family tree is up but not decorated, the ceiling decorations are nowhere to … Continue reading

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