There are few that understand what I'm talking about when I talk about my happy place. I have come to believe that there is a place ...

Bore da! It's time for my annual post card from my holiday in my beloved New Quay on the Welsh coast. I'll be brief since I don...

Ultimately the most stressful part of the lead up to any holiday is the packing and preparation before setting off, at least it is for my...

If there's one thing most people will remember about 2018 it will be the record breaking heatwave and it would be remiss of me to men...

As a cyclist I take a lot of showers. I'm lucky to have the use of shower facilities at work for when I commute by bike (which is pra...

In a summer that's been obsessed by the football World Cup I finally get my little oasis of pleasure with the best sporting spectac...

* A British Institution, often maligned and taken for granted, this week this pillar of our society turned 70. I thought I'd look how...

Nineteen years ago this very day Morticia, for reasons only known to her, agreed to marry me.

Proms are a relatively new phenomenon in the UK, a product of the American influence of TV and films. Prior to 2000 you might be lucky to...

You'd have to have been living in a cave to realise that there is a little football tournament going on known as the World Cup.

Most people who commute by bike have to carry some sort of luggage with them. Be it a change of clothes, a uniform, sandwiches or even to...

I left school 31 years ago. I remember it well. There was no fanfare, no prom (we didn't have such things back then) no gathering or ...

Time is a commodity I don't have loads of at the moment. When I do get a precious moment I am so tired I don't feel like doing an...

The first of the Grand Tours is the Giro d'Italia, basically the Tour of Italy. I love bike racing and especially love the spectacle ...

A few of years ago my position at work was put 'at risk'. Then came the dismantling of my department and the merging with another...