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Tag Archives: summer
Picking the perfect pet
‘Aaaawwwww that must be lovely, all the cutesome little animals!’ people inevitably drool when you tell them you’ve landed a summer job working for the local vet. Honestly, have you all lost any capacity for logical reasoning? Think about it … Continue reading
Aladdin’s Cave welcomes you. And takes Visa.
Camping. Ah yes, back to nature’s basics. Fresh air, the simple life, just you and your oversized hanky getting away from all this stressy modern gadgetry and consumerfest frenzy etc etc. Not. In fact, camping is a gear freak’s wet dream, … Continue reading
Nurse! The jacket with the long sleeves please.
So this week I will be mainly having myself sectioned before curling up into a little ball in the corner of a room with suspiciously soft walls and sucking my thumb. Or possibly I should just check myself into one … Continue reading
High tech self flagellation
The Tour de France will not be gracing us with its presence this year, something which you might think is a bit of a disappointment to us all. And indeed it might be if you’re the owner of pretty much … Continue reading
Loitering within tent
Apparently most review-writing bloggers do it in return for free stuff or even actual folding wonga, if you can believe that. I could argue that this compromises the impartiality of the resulting writings and stake out the moral high ground … Continue reading
Gardening in the litter box
Having burnt my legs in the extensive ornamental jardins of the parental chateau last time there was a bank holiday weekend, I find myself coveting a garden of my own. Or more likely the idea of a garden if I’m … Continue reading
Ready steady cook!
The end-of-season scramble to scrub everything down and get out of resort without losing tempers, dignity or accommodation deposit resulted as usual in piles of discarded food and occasionally drink. Although my share of this year’s alcohol booty consisted of … Continue reading
So what do you do in the summer? Err …… not a lot, apparently.
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
Snow in the Sahara
I don’t know about global warming (and I have a nasty suspicion I have this in common with the huge majority of so-called climate science experts), but it has to be said that the celestial bigwigs seem to have handed … Continue reading
And the winners are …. !
Summer seems to have given up the ghost early this year, what with snow down to 2600m and a persistent north wind which necessitates the wearing of winter boots and a vest (in addition to other items of clothing, obviously). … Continue reading
