A few of the guys at work have decided to lend their top lips to men's heath charities and do that most gentlemanly of pursuits, that is...

It's been a rough week for me with a nasty bought of manflu that made work really difficult. I even took Wednesday off to sleep off the ...

Anyone who knows me knows that I'm no lover of the Tories. I watched Thatcher destroy the community I grew up in. The North has taken ye...

This week they pulled a dead girl out of the canal at the bottom of my street. I didn't know who she was, I've heard different thing...

Since I got back from our holiday my cycling has been pretty much just the daily commute. Pleasure rides are getting fewer and fewer. Part o...

Builds up to very little. Very short. The Captain's Movie Review in 7 Words. 5/7

I know there hasn't been an update on my blog for a while and for this I appologize. I do have loads of notes and jottings ready to comp...

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...