Dry January #39
Here I go again ….. my 39th consecutive Dry January. I have said many times that not drinking is easy enough, but increasingly losing weight and getting fitter have become …
Diary of a Vegan Cricketer (Week One)
In January I ‘went Vegan’ or as I prefer to call it ‘plant based’ for two very simple reasons: I could not accept that any animal should suffer so that …
Dry January: 35th Year
Here we go again, my 35th Dry January in a row! If ever a sentence made me feel old. I can remember the first year I went dry, my first …
2021 A Year Of Emotional, Financial and Social Austerity
As I write this Brexit is done, and the Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has been approved, and will join the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine being rolled out throughout the UK. With a …
Our New Normal
During the height of the first phase of COVID-19 in the UK much was made of the potential for change, the opportunity for the public, business and government to adopt …
COVID-19 Diary: Task List
Prompted in part by a discussion with a neighbour (not so much over the garden fence, more over a 2 metre gap) who described self isolating as a trial run …
COVID-19 Diary: Get A Structure
For many one of the biggest issues to address with the COVID-19 imposed self isolating and social distancing will be the lack of structure. This is common when people retire …
Choices, What Choices?
Politicians, Marketing Specialists, Broadcasters, Retailers, Hospitality and Leisure Companies will, I have no doubt, a) tell you that we the paying public have never had so many choices, and b) …