• my diary

    get up, stand up…

    Well, here we are again. With apologies to those not too fussed about keeping up with political developments, and whom presumably are not interested in either the continued erosion of personal liberty, nor the very early stages of the introduction of the much reviled ‘Swedish Model‘ (or at least the real possibility of a version of it) being slyly introduced…

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    j’ai r’gret, Jèrri

    First and foremost, and as some will already know, unforeseen circumstances have led me to cancel my trip to St Helier; I cannot and will not go into detail, but the combination of events here, the unexpected (and lets face it, less than conducive) weather conditions travel-wise plus some insider rumblings from the island itself have decided things beyond any…

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    can’t say they didn’t warn me…

    Well time to pack up and I am happy to report that my Glasgow trip has been lots of fun, at least in the impromptu mini-break sense of the word! Having followed a visit to the Gallery of Modern Art with a pot of Darjeeling at the Charles Rennie Mackintosh-designed Willow Tea Rooms before spending the remainder of the beautiful…