Tag Archives: interseason

It wasn’t like that in my day

Posted on October 22, 2011 by

I don’t know about anyone else, but recently I seem to have been bombarded with invitations to old pals’ reunion events. I’d put this down to my celebrity status and widespread popularity, but I suspect it has more to do … Continue reading →

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Mummy, can I take the bubble wrap off now?

Posted on September 28, 2011 by

Interseason is holiday time, and once again rather than heading for the exotics we find ourselves back in Blighty, this time driving round Wolverhampton on a Saturday afternoon when the local footy team is playing at home, looking for a … Continue reading →

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Absolutely marvellous! Or not.

Posted on September 11, 2011 by

It’s a strange fact that people rarely visit tourist attractions when said sites are just next door and require minimal time, effort and expense, when on the other hand they’ll go to great lengths and fork over wedges of cash … Continue reading →

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So what do you do in the summer? Err …… not a lot, apparently.

Posted on August 24, 2011 by

What do you do in the summer then, people used to ask me, usually when I was quite busy getting their breakfast or trying to find and bollock some useless pisshead 18 year old. Take it from me, post-adolescent lack … Continue reading →

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Four wheels good, two wheels better

Posted on July 5, 2011 by

The quest for sensible interseason exercise options continues apace, though with the summer opening of the outdoor pools and a 90 minute lunchbreak the onset of morbid obesity is fended off for the time being. Cycling has been up for … Continue reading →

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Physical jerks. Or do I mean joggers?

Posted on June 9, 2011 by

The vexed question of the interseason exercise regime raises its ugly head once more and in an increasingly pressing fashion following the best part of two months spent doing pretty much nothing whatsoever other than wandering out to the boulangerie … Continue reading →

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Once more unto the bureaucratic breach

Posted on May 18, 2011 by

As if a disintegrated vertebra wasn’t enough to deal with, JC’s annual end of term accident throws us back into the maelstrom of French administration, with its arbitrary video game rules. Joy, another spring interseason spent leaping over fiery pits … Continue reading →

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Uninvited guests

Posted on May 11, 2011 by

It’s back to feline guerrilla warfare with the onset of spring and the fact that jolly neighbours next door can leave the house open without risking insta-frostbite, thereby allowing their feline zoo access to the courtyard and other people’s food … Continue reading →

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Hot off the press

Posted on May 5, 2011 by

So the less than memorable 2010/11 season finally limped over the finishing line last weekend, leaving resort to the tumbleweeds and that scruffy dog which hangs out on the Boardroom’s terrace. Actually, most of the resort dogs seem to hang … Continue reading →

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Home alone

Posted on October 20, 2010 by

Yay, I am off the leash! For the best part of three weeks, no less – an unparalleled opportunity to get out on the tiles, snort coke off the kitchen table and generally lead the wanton single life until the … Continue reading →

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