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And that’s another one out of the way! I am taking a mini break from the ceremonial undressing of Mini Tree, given that he will be saying au revoir in a few days and returning to recuperate in his usual outdoor home for the next eleven months before returning for Christmas 2012 refreshed, invigorated and [...]

And whilst strictly speaking no creatures were stirring (least of all the fishes, who have been of no help whatsoever) at least one creature (me) has been peeling, chopping, mixing, trimming and stuffing for most of the afternoon prior to this evening’s eating, reading, watching and lying-on-the-settee. Tesco’s glorious bounty has arrived (sans the Thai [...]

And after a rip-roaring week in That London, there surely isn’t enough fun left in the world for me have any more without using up some of somebody else’s allocation, which would be not only appallingly rude, but terribly selfish. I have luxuriated snugly in my beautiful hotel room complete with the Best View Ever [...]

And the morning, afternoon and night-time, as it turns out – a scant twenty four hours after arriving back in my favourite second home of Waterloo and the temperature could less-than-eloquently described as well, brass monkeys. Fortunately this is exactly the weather which suits me nicely, being someone who feels faint with heat exhaustion at [...]

Well, Tree has arrived! Mini-Tree, as it turns out. Shortly after noon and in a large and promising-looking cardboard box, only for me to discover upon gently wriggling it out by the netting that it was, er, vertically challenged and standing even shorter than me (and that, make no mistake, is short in Christmas tree [...]

Well whatever the detractors might think (and unlike myself after eight mince pies from Betty’s brought by a kind visitor the other day), it’s all undoubtedly starting to take shape, starting with the weather (distinctly chilly at time of writing), the television (on which I have watched many, many Bonds over the last couple of [...]

A slight exaggeration maybe, but after a relaxing week at home with TV, comfort food, fishes and the all-encompassing pleasantness that comes from attempting nothing more challenging than laundry for a few days (only fair after muchas liveliness on the islands) it’s fair to say that a heavy sigh of resignation was emitted when the [...]

…another quick rant message, since I am currently in that accursed limbo which defines the time period encompassing that which lies betwixt the hotel check out time (and make no mistake, there was actually a knock on the door one minute after the hour as I was putting on my coat) and the time one [...]

And huge apologies for the sizeable blog-gap – the mind and typing fingers were willing, but the available internet connection was weak; fortunately I have now appropriated an ethernet cable from the front desk of my charmingly well appointed and spacious Jersey digs after four days of less than effective moving-of-the-laptop-around-the-room both here and in [...]

And I’m back in the land of the living on top form, after a hugely enjoyable ten hour stretch of monsters, zombies, general mayhem and all other permutations of on-screen carnage at Leeds International Film Festival’s Night of the Dead XI last Saturday. Even the fully anticipated backache has almost gone already – yay! I [...]