Throwback Thursday: The Horseshoe Tsunami

This is a throw back to a Livejournal posted in October 2006. A different time but some names will be  familiar to contemporary readers. Water, water everywhere and every chance to stink With Mel and Nathan away on holiday, Tim has been on one long watch and this weekend has been a unusual turn of events. First …

Share Your World 2017 week 4

Do you prefer juice or fruit? Well considering most fruit has a certain percentage of juice in it I would say they weren't mutually exclusive terms. I like a nice bit of fruit and always include at least one fruit when making my lunch for work and will consume several pieces over the course of …

The Sunshine Blogger Award

A big thank you to the Mad Movie Ranter for this nomination, you can check out his excellent film review blog here https://youtheman77.wordpress.com/about/, it's nice to know there are people out in the blog sphere who think of the sentimental Sandman. WHAT ARE THE RULES?! Post the award on your blog Thank the person who nominated …

Swingtime in Shrewsbury

This past week has marked the first time this year (and quite a while before that) that I have managed to get a to a live Jazz and to top it all I managed two in one week. Gig Two Sunday marked the first gig for Shrewsbury Jazz Club's first gig of 2017 which as standard was …

Boycott Bop

This past week has marked the first time this year (and quite a while before that) that I have managed to get a to a live Jazz and to top it all I managed two in one week. Gig One This was on Tuesday night and was the monthly Jazz night hosted at the Boycott …

Share Your World 2017 Week 3

Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed? On the whole I sleep with the closet doors closed, however some of the drawers in my chest of drawers remain partially open for various reasons/ Do you take the shampoos and conditioner bottles from hotel? I seldom do as I tend to take my …

The Only Way is Harley

The two faces of January have shown their identity again as the promise of a New Year fades to same old shit and the drudgery of the post Christmas period sets in. Wet, cold and miserable and full of the dreaded lurgy- and that's just the lucky ones. The end of the year I spent …

Share Your World 2017 week 2

If you lost a bet and had to dye your hair a colour of the rainbow for a week, what colour would it be?      Interesting question and a tad more complex as I assume it would include my beard and moustache. My first though was green but it occurred to me that I would …

We’ve got our Shine on

,Three songs spring to mind when I hear the word Shine.   The first is that old favourite "Shine on Harvest Moon" which has been covered many times but I would say this is my favourite version. This is from the Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster album and is a fantastic pairing of two Tenor …

Share Your World 2017- Week 1

Would you prefer to receive a unicycle, bicycle, tricycle or motorcycle? Well one of my frequent suggestions when I worked at the Horseshoe Inn at Uckington was that the waiting-on and bar staff should adopt the gimmick of Unicycle Monday, in which we serve food an dispense drinks while riding a unicycle- this idea was never taken …