The Sandman Returns

After a week of late finishes and early calls in I am proud to say I hung up the barman's apron for a week and took my beloved Heather away for a week. We spent two days in the seaside resort of Blackpool and the next three days we donned our waterproofs for break in …

Cuba 2014- Part Four

Parts One, Two and Three can be found by clicking on the links. After a pretty good day out, I chilled in the bar writing some notes in my journal and reading more of Enter Wildthyme and discovered not only is it a sort of reworking of The Scarlett Empress it is also a sequel …

Cuba Diary 2014- Part Three

Continuing my Diary of my 2014 Cuba Trip Parts One and Two can be found Here and Here Thursday I woke about 7am in plenty of time for my excursion and did my usual morning ablutions and headed out to the restaurant for breakfast. I grabbed myself some bacon and eggs, a bit of cereal, …

Cuba 2014- Part Two

Part One Can Be found here Wednesday I was woken, somewhat red-eyed and bushy tongued, at about 9:45 by the maid knocking on the door to inform me the water would be off for a little bit as they were running Chlorine through the pipes in order to clean them. Lucky for her I had …

Cuba 2014 Part One

Cuba 2014. Part One. As many of my readers and friends know, including people I met in Cuba, while I was on my 2014 pre-Christmas Break I kept myself a holiday diary with the intent of bring it online upon my return to the UK. Well dear reader, I am bringing the diary of my …

The Wisdom of Auron

"A man who trusts can never be betrayed only mistaken." -Cally, Blake's 7 These  words are spoken to the second and later first male lead of that series Kerr Avon played by Paul Darrow who delights in some outrageous scenery chewing in later episodes. Trust is clearly an issue for the character who is an …

Day Tripper

Southsea This little seaside town was the destination for a day trip with my lovely and divine looking best friend Katherine during the month of April last year. Despite being informed of bad weather it seemed that someone was smiling on us as the bulk of the day was blistering sunshine. Now Southsea owes a …

Oh I do Like to be besides the Seaside

I'm more of a pool guy rather then a beach boy when it comes to holiday swimming. That is me on the beach in Cuba being incredibly British drinking a pint of dark Mild from a dimpled handle glass while wearing a flat cap, that may sound a tad odd, but I was after the …