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Chloe and the High Tides – Hastings Hill, March 2012
Published March 7, 2012 - No Comments
Last Friday I did my first ever ‘Band Shoot’ (click here for all the shots). Mr Adam Beddow, excellent lead guitarist and top mate, recently joined ‘Chloe and the High Tides’. Their music is modern country style and all original. Crowds seemed to enjoy it and there ...
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Blair Drummond Safari Park
Published February 24, 2012 - No Comments
I was browsing my Flickr account this evening when I found this photo of a lioness as she heads off to pick a fight. I took the shot at Blair Drummond Safari Park which is definitely worth a visit. The kids loved it and we particularly liked the BBQ area where you can take your own mea ...
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The Crisis, Thomas Paine, December 23, 1776
Published February 17, 2012 - No Comments
OK, so it was written to inspire the American Colonists to rise up against his Britannic majesty but the man knew how to write… “THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their co ...
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Standing on a train from P’bro
Published April 20, 2011 - No Comments
‘Ladies and Gentlemen. We apologise for the cancellation of of the 1930hrs service for Edinburgh. We ask all passengers to make their way to platform 4 and join the 1947hrs service’ I am on the 1947hrs service… I stand firm, a smug grin on my face, happy in the knowledge ...
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Biscuit Law – Clarification
Published March 21, 2011 - 6 Comments
A dispute with Mrs J over Sunday dinner has led me to draw up this document as the ultimate legal definition of the rules, custom and regulation concerning biscuit management. Article 1: Under no circumstances should Ginger biscuits be stored in the same container as non-ginger biscuits Ar ...
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Lollipop lunacy
Published July 12, 2010 - No Comments
The Oxford English Dictionary describes the word ‘pointless‘ as ‘having little or no sense, use or purpose’. I describe ‘pointless‘ as employing a lollipop-person to stand next to a set of traffic lights playing with their mobile phone. Upon arrival of a ...
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Drizzle (and Drivel) in Rothbury
Published July 10, 2010 - No Comments
Anyone who has been watching the recent events unfold in the Raoul Moat shootings will know that the coverage by the news channels has been non-stop. Much has already been said about the case itself which has resulted in 2 abhorrent woundings and 2 fatalities (if you include Moat). Little, ...
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Chloe and the High Tides – Hastings Hill, March 2012

Published March 7, 2012 at 9:08 pm - No Comments

Last Friday I did my first ever ‘Band Shoot’ (click here for all the shots). Mr Adam Beddow, excellent lead guitarist and top mate, recently joined ‘Chloe and the High Tides’. Their music is modern country style and all original. Crowds seemed to enjoy it and there was even one reveller dancing on the tables. [...]

The Penshaw Grump

Published June 3, 2010 at 12:10 pm - No Comments

The Penshaw Grump is Dan Jessop, husband to Mrs Jessop and proud father to two mini Jessops living in Penshaw near Sunderland in the North East of England. I work in the UK telecoms industry on the delivery of Next Generation Access services (a.k.a. Superfast broadband). When not working I am a terrible armchair politician, [...]

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Chloe and the High Tides – Hastings Hill, March 2012Published March 7, 2012 at 9:08 pm
Blair Drummond Safari ParkPublished February 24, 2012 at 8:58 pm
The Crisis, Thomas Paine, December 23, 1776Published February 17, 2012 at 9:09 pm
Standing on a train from P’broPublished April 20, 2011 at 7:35 pm
Biscuit Law – ClarificationPublished March 21, 2011 at 7:11 pm
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