I get to go on a number of training courses in my job. They cover a wide variety from driving to mental heath. Sometimes I get put forward f...

I realise I haven't posted an entry for a while now, my eldest daughter has had a few personal problems which have needed my undivided a...

This week saw the 25th anniversary of the start of the miners' strike. At the time I was a 12 year old boy living in the small mining to...

It's only Monday and I'm having a bad week already. My eldest daughter has been playing up and behaving like Jekill and Hyde for the...

Yesterday I finally collected my bike, after many phone calls and being fobbed off, arguments and disgruntled conversations. I am really dis...

Morticia asked me this week if she could have a pet pig. I know she loves the animals and goes a little daft when she sees them in petting z...

I hate the idea of working Sundays and if you'd asked me this time yesterday I'd have said that I hate working Sundays full stop. I ...

I was looking forward to picking up my bike yesterday after it's repair but unfortunately I received a phone call late on Friday afterno...

Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best. We made a deal this year to only buy cards for each other and to have a night in with a chinese a...

Unless you've been on the other side of the world you can't have missed the worst snow falls in 20 years (I can vouch for that as I ...