a picture my son drew of a wave on a beach

Well ­met

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tagged with: #family
My bonus dad, JB, and I having a beer after I arrived in Totnes
JB and I raising a glass in Totnes

My Ma & JB met me at Totnes station. Zaida was full of beans and hugs. She had just had a haircut and was busy sorting things out before before they drove to France for a holiday tomorrow. At the ‘happy yellow house …

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Paddington

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Paddington Station
Waiting for my train

I’m sat here at Costa Coffee in Paddington waiting for the 10:30 to Totnes.

I walked a good few miles yesterday exploring the back-alleys, greenways, footpaths and canal paths from Muswell Hill through Hornsey and down along the Regent Canal. I just love walking …

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Sydney ­2023

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tagged with: #travel #health #family
A selfie in front of a Saab 340 turboprob aeroplane on the apron at Broken Hill [BHX] airport
Leaving Broken Hill

Here I go again - visiting the home of my first 20 years, Cornwall.
I went this time last year as soon as the flights had resumed after all that covid bullshit. I flew home and caught covid at the Blue Anchor. I had never been as sick …

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Two weeks and 7 years ­later

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tagged with: #kids #em

This kid was born, luckily without inheriting my giant nose.

21 years ago Em came into the world, it was another of those moments.

In my last post I was attempting to compare to those blips of unreality …

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Tuesday

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tagged with: #ev

About 28 years and 8 months ago I was terrified of the future. Looking back I had every right to be. Time telescopes in like the scene in a movie when the shit hits the fan. In life however the dénoûment never really arrives, or at least it hasn’t …

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Nameless ­Book

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tagged with: #reading #bicycle
a much loved old bicycle of mine from 2010
Bicycles I have loved

During the early 90s I read a biographical account by a young man who journeyed around the world on his bicycle. Like all my favourite books I gave it away at some point and have regretted it ever since. I cannot remember the name of the …

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From ­Away

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tagged with: #stories

I had to drop something to Re at work early on a Sunday morning. On the way home I thought I’d go sit in a cafe with my laptop like one of those fancy-shmancy people. I rarely do this but the house is a mess and I wanted to …

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Melvid

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tagged with: #melbourne #travel #health
pictures of my friend MJD looking at pictures of MJD
I don’t know why I do it … but I like assembling pictures of MJD looking at MJD

I got back from visiting MJD in Melbourne yesterday. I managed to get a flight for not much more then the petrol would have cost. I only had to drive the three …

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Boats in ­Melbourne

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tagged with: #sailing #boats #melbourne
map showing the route between Broken Hill and Melbourne
Road trip to Melbourne

I just booked a few nights in Melbourne. I’m driving my old jalopy down the silver-city highway to visit my pal, @MJD.
In-line with my current obsessional thinking I have made a list of some boat-dealers in the area. Who knows maybe I’ll find …

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Killing ­Time

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tagged with: #home
Brown dog
My Grandfathers motor yacht, Roshnara

It’s Sunday afternoon and there is a boat for sale in Cairns, it looks like a tough old sea kindly boat. I will be back to work tomorrow. So, I will kick the can down the track. Accumulating my stash for a bigger and …

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Not Ep02 A Two Wheeled ­Ute

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tagged with: #bicycle #listening

ERRATA:

I got the audio files mixed up. I actually reposted the the first episode. The second recording, as it turned out, was made in March last year. I recorded it on my Purism phone but the audio quality is terrible which is a shame because I remember having a …

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