• my diary

    r & r (and f, obviously)…

    By the time my good friend Auto Publish has magically posted this entry on my behalf, I will be winging my way to luxury spa heaven for my regular recharge and decompressing break – as ever, I will have my trusty BlackBerry with me but my work phones are resolutely off (and for good reason, since they will be a…

  • my diary

    did you miss me?

    Two trains, a bit of a walk, one replacement bus and a short taxi ride later I arrived back to the peace, tranquility and desirably effective central heating of home late-ish on Saturday night, thanks not actually to the weather but as it turned out, the ever-convenient weekend engineering works which as anyone living within a thirty mile radius will…

  • my diary

    down by the sea…

    And from the unmitigated chaos of Monday to the relative calm of yesterday, thanks largely to the standard of enquiries being the most peculiar I have ever encountered in Jersey, and I can only assume that (sadly) the timewasters who were previously spending their ample free time on alternative noble pursuits (ordering taxis and pizzas for non-existent addresses, phoning the…