Today saw the end of the long running Police drama, "The Bill". This programme was a 'must see' for me at one time, esp...

Since returning from holiday I've aimed for a little quality time with my family. This has involved sitting in the house with Morticia a...

Every year when I go to Wales I always bring home a few Welsh ales. This year I didn't manage to get to a local beer off so I had to rel...

DAY ONE: We arrived after an uneventful but enjoyable trip, travelling on a Sunday made quite a difference to the traffic levels meaning get...

To celebrate Yorkshire Day I took my family out for a meal to The Crown in Matlock. Ok, so I know that Matlock is in Derbyshire but it'...

For the first time in ages I went down to Sheffield for a night out. I have to say either Sheffield has become too much for me or it has be...

The most stressful time for any car owner (and I am an owner but not really a driver since Morticia has the car most of the time) is the ann...

Most of this week I have been on a course at the Fire Service training centre (nothing to to with fires, just classroom space my organisatio...

I seem to be having a lot of late nights recently, in fact if I think back I can't remember a time when I did get early nights. To get t...

I've been off work all this week with some sort of stomach bug. Safe to say that I've spent a lot of time in the smallest room this ...

COMPLETE COPY OF ORIGINAL, VERY PREDICTABLE ENDING The Captain's Movie Review in Seven Words 4/7

After over 6 months watching an old borrowed narrowscreen CRT TV (since my old CRT widescreen blew up last year) I have finally purchased a ...

Today sees the beginning of Le Tour de France, the pinnacle of the cycling calendar. A month of road cycling might not appeal to most but fo...

We all have immortality, we live on through our children and their children. We live on in the hearts of the people we touch. As long as we ...

Yesterday, just before 19:00 my Grandad passed away. A light has gone out inside of me and I miss him so much. There will never be another...