For a number of years, I’ve been asked if I’d like to have a go at one of these sports car driving days as a gift. I always politely declined as I wasn’t confident that I’d enjoy it. However for one holiday that I went on, and without trying to incriminate myself here, we had […]
Category: Real Life
A Year at the (Meerkat) Movies
For quite a while, if you were an Orange customer you were able to partake in “Orange Wednesdays”, which allowed 2-4-1 access to see any film you wanted. Unfortunately, this ended a while ago, and there wasn’t anything to replace it for a little bit of time. Luckily, the famous meerkat comparison website came along […]
It Really Was “Friday The 13th”
I’m not that superstitious, but I’m starting to believe that Friday the 13th may just be what it’s believed to be. And considering that 2015 has three of them, I’m glad only one of them went wrong for me. Here’s my day… The day started with me inadvertently dismissing my alarm in the morning. This […]
Alphabet Photography – Scotland
Alphabet photography is a fun thing to do. The aim is simple – take a photo of something that looks like a letter of the English alphabet, but one that isn’t a printed, typed or written letter. I normally do this whenever I go on holiday, as I find it gets me to look around […]
Learning Languages With… Ketchup?
I went to the cafe in the supermarket the other day. Well, you have to… walking around the store pushing a trolley is hard work, so you need a break. Anyway, once we’d ordered the food and found the table, I was looking at the ketchup sachets and something didn’t seem right. Below is an […]
My Very Hectic Last Day of Term
It was the last day of term today. It’s widely assumed that it’s an easy day for schools and their staff… watching films, eating chocolates, saying “Have a great Easter” and the like. However, this doesn’t seem to ever be the case for the people who work in IT. Here’s a run down of my […]