Category: Diaries


  • The travel from Bristol to Brasov was a day and a night, lengthened by the bloody Flixbus moving bus stops and making us miss it, forcing us to catch another coach to Heathrow and an Uber to Luton for a lot more money then we had hoped to spend. My party is Postivity Penguin and…

  • So comes the final day of Wimbledon qualifying. Slept reasonably well but the body is still very fatigued, truth be told I considered leaving early but I decided to stay the course. I checked out of the hostel as the tight buggers charged me for a locker for my bag and coat. Similar routine to…

  • Okay so how not to repeat too much of yesterday’s adventures? A lot was similar, I tried to sleep in a bit today but my hostel room mates refused to let me. Because I was up later today all the shower cubicles were all engaged at once, as luck would have it I was able…

  • ‘You have requested breakfast, we have not charged you for it yet. I suggest tomorrow morning you come down and look at it, and then decide if you want it.’ The integrity of the receptionist at my Camden Hostel is very refreshing or perhaps he has had one too many complaints or even it’s his…

  • ‘I think you’ve made your point now. You’ve even gone a bit too far to get your message home. Before it gets too frightening, we aught to call a halt. Could we start again please? Could we start again?’ – Could we start again please from Jesus Christ Superstar – Andrew Lloyd Webber – 1973…

  • ‘So I convalse and I ease the stress because DNA means does not accept. So I rehabilitate and get my body straight because nothing fits like it used to fit.’ The Convalescent – The Manic Street Preachers – 2001. Whilst not wanting to dwell on the negatives or wallow in self pity it is important…