Well we are now in to 2011 and I have spent the day with a fair to moderate hangover after making a late decision to visit the Fox at North Waltham to witness a subdued entry in to the New Year. The pub was reasonably busy and outside there was a Marquee with a party which looked like the Daily Mail readers annual ball complete with the distinct whiff of middle class smugness in the air, but hey, each to their own. I even diced ...
England retained the Ashes in the Aussies own back yard in the early hours of this morning at the MCG, making staying up with a miserable cold worthwhile, and inspiring me to crack open a can of Fosters that was as uninspiring as the Australian side. After a stirring Australian fightback in Perth, England buried Australia in a match that lacked any real drama such was the one sided way the game developed. It was a performance of ruthless ...
Today is Monday, and it is the 27th of December....however, I have to keep checking this every half an hour or so as I am in that Christmas no mans land period where I have lost track of time and dates. The weather can't make it's mind up where it is either as a slow and painful transition to milder air starts taking place from the west. We have at last been promised a brief window of opportunity where we can leave the house without ...
Christmas is nearly here so if the Goose isn't fat by now it never will be and unfortunately I haven't seen an old man asking for me to put a penny in his hat, if I had done I would have, in fact I may well have stretched it to a quid. There will be no fresh snow on Christmas day (apart from western Scotland) so it is a big cheer from the bookies, however there will be snow on the ground almost everywhere which I think is more of a white ...
The last few days have been pretty hectic, but I am managing to get things done that women can do with their eyes shut. This includes sending cards, visiting relatives and buying gifts, not to mention wrapping paper and sellotape. I have even purchased a tree plus some lights and decorations, so no humbugs in my house this year, I am trying to treat it as a season to be jolly and I am generally succeeding I think. I have even been ...