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    back on the rock!

    And hello from Douglas! It’s not sunny, although it was (yesterday) and it’s still far from the spectacle which greeted me on Wednesday afternoon; that is, one of driving rain, gale force winds and bent over palm trees at the airport. It was also the only time I have ever arrived and had to wait over half an hour for…

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    merry christmas!

    …and it’s show over for a week (nearly); as most will suspect, I’m not really here! At the moment the trusty auto-publish kicks in, I’ll hopefully be peacefully ensconced in front of the TV anticipating the turkey and After Eight induced stupor which awaits rather than battling the East Coast main line with the other Christmas travellers – as at…

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    nirvana (plan b)…

    Well after all that (predictably pre-drafted on Thursday evening and auto-published in the name of common sense) it turned out that sadly the R&R, for the first time in five years or so, was not forthcoming on this occasion thanks in no small part to Champney’s executive decision somewhere along the line to replace whatever was responsible for providing their…