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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Travel Thursday 30/06/11 – Your Most Emotional Travel Experience
The prompt says “positive or negative”, sorry folks it is a negative one. Saying Goodbye To Mum, Budapest, October 1996 My mum was diagnosed with cancer in the late spring/early summer of 1996, just as I was taking my final … Continue reading
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Music Monday 27/06/11 – T is for…
Working on the basis that, as in a record shop, any band beginning “The” comes under the next word of their name…T is for Then Jerico. Maybe a bizarre choice but one of my favourite bands during my late teenage … Continue reading
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Travel Thursday 23/6/11 – Your Most Enjoyable Journey
Masvingo – Mutare, Zimbabwe, 1995 Hitching on a Sunday in Africa! My journey had begun with a bus ride from the national park where I’d been camping into the town of Masvingo, where I walked across town and had a … Continue reading
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Music Monday 20/6/2011 – S is for… Part Two
S is still for Bruce Springsteen, now for the final two categories of favourites from The Boss. Songwriting Genius – Often forgotten amid the anthems, Bruce is a great writer! (1) You’re Missing – Never found another song that better … Continue reading
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Music Monday 20/06/2011 Part One – S is for…
Bruce Springsteen. Of course! The turn of my all-time favourite this week. The man whose music has been the soundtrack to my life since I was 15, whose live shows are the best I have seen, whose songs can make … Continue reading
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Travel Thursday – 16/06/11: Best Restaurant You Have Visited
As anybody who knows me will testify, I love my food. However, I am not a “foodie” as such, and certainly not a fan of “posh” food – I like proper portions of decent, well cooked, fresh and tasy dishes … Continue reading
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Music Monday 13/06/11 – R is for…
R.E.M. A band with a substantial back catalogue dating back a long way. You will notice that all of my selections come from the period ending in the early 90s. Earlier material is far superior in my opinion. Here goes … Continue reading
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Travel Thursday – 09/06/2011 – Worst Hotel You Ever Stayed In
Unnamed Hotel – Prague, Czech Republic, Summer 1997 Unnamed for reasons I will explain! Very tough one, as I tend to choose accommodation quite carefully before booking. With that in mind, it has to be one I was sent to … Continue reading
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Music Monday 06/06/11 – Q is for…
Queen. Admittedly not many Q’s in my collection, but even if there were, it would almost certainly be Queen I picked first as they are (were) one of my favourite bands. One of my big musical regrets is that I … Continue reading
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David Alexandre Beauregard – A True Hero
Hero is a word that tends to be over-used in our modern society, particularly in the world of sport. We all have our own “heroes”, the sportsmen and women that inspire us through their performances in their field and their … Continue reading
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