Death Of The Pub
Everywhere you look at the moment you see boarded up pubs. The ones pictured here were taken over a couple of days in Hants/Berks and are an illustration of an industry in rapid decline.Pubs have evolved since the 12th century and are likely to continue to do so. They date back to when everyone baked their own bread and brewed their own beer. Those who brewed good beer opened pubs, adapting to new innovations, such as billiards the jukebox and ...
Credit Crunch……What Is It?
Can't quite get my head round this "credit crunch" lark, but it would seem that we are all fucked! Falling house prices rising inflation, no money left to borrow or lend, where does it all end? I suppose if we are all fucked there is some sort of equilibrium, as we are all in the same boat. I want to sell my house, but I am told it is a bad idea, but surely if I sell it cheap, I buy the next one cheap? If mine is worth fuck all then so is ...
Boys Weekend
It has been my turn with the boys this weekend and we have had a busy time of it at my new home. On Friday George had his first indoor cricket match of the season, however special thanks to Cove CC who didn’t bother showing up, and didn’t even have the courtesy to let us know they weren’t coming. You don’t get much ruder than that! We compensated for this by letting the boys play amongst themselves while we relaxed in the bar for an ...
New Home…..Again and a stinking cold!!!
Originating from Tadley, I must have aquired some gypsy blood as I have moved again to village the North Waltham in Hampshire. It is a three bed house which gives me plenty of room for the boys to stay whenever they like, and it has the added bonus of being near The Fox, so happy days! A big thank you to Diane for helping me spring clean the place, a womans touch always helps (Ooo err!).The delayed hangover from Sofia smashed me clean in the ...
SOFIA
What a bizarre weekend we have just had in Sofia, there is nowhere like this European Union capital of corruption that I have seen (Warsaw has nothing on this place) everything appears bent, taxis, restaurants, bars, politics, sport, the lot. Sofia became the capital as recently as the end of wwII and after coming under communist rule it had all it's private farm land collectivised and the masses moved to work in Sofia which the USSR created for ...