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Autojumble and Porsche World Picnic in September

July 15, 2010

Just had this through from 911 & Porsche World magazine.  Sounds like it might be good. NEXT GRAND NATIONAL AUTOJUMBLE Following the success of this year’s long-running Porsche Autojumble at The White Horse pub, Husborne Crawley, the organiser, Gerry Gibbins in conjunction with 911 & Porsche World has returned the event to its twice-yearly status. [...]

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All the Gear and No Idea

July 7, 2009

I love to take pictures, but have almost no clue about the technical side of things. My purchase of a Nikon D300 last year was intended to be a first step on to this learning curve: I was going to explore exactly what it takes to make really great pictures all of the time. The recent [...]

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Changing Thoughts for Changing Times

April 22, 2009

I’ve been spending time with friends from overseas these last few evenings. Some of what they tell me about where they live is quite surprising. We in the UK (particularly Daily Mail readers) would never think ourselves to be ahead of the game when it comes to quality of life and cost/standard of living, but [...]

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Top Ten habits of Man Home Alone

April 8, 2009

The wife and kids head for Eire later today, off to top up on their accents. This means only one thing – man home alone (OK there is a small dog still on the premises, but I am unhibited by his presence). The top ten habits of MHA in this house are simple:

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Happy Birthday Ciara

January 24, 2009

Sorry, going to get gratuitous for a second, as my middle darling is 7 today. ‘Your darling’ is an expression Ciara has always used in place of ‘your child’, which makes for some amusing conversations with people she has never met before.

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RIP Chalky

January 8, 2009

 I’m a desperate sucker for terriers on TV. Watching Rick Stein reminiscing tonight, I learned that he recently lost his faithful buddy, Chalky.

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