Wednesday, 17 June 2009

10 Years On - Part 4 of Account of Cycling Northern France

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Having read four Georges Simenon short stories in the weeks before I went on this trip I was keen to try andouillettes, a tripe sausage popu...
Tuesday, 16 June 2009

10 Years On - Part 3 of Account of Cycling Northern France

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I remember leaving St. Omer without breakfast, despite having paid for it, because the staff bar, the maid told me, had not got up. Somethin...

Nick Griffin and the Poppy

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You may have seen the open letter from the British Legion to Nick Griffin, leader of the BNP (British National Party) and now an MEP. For th...

The Insidious Lethargy of Being Unemployed

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Since I started this blog in May 2007 it seems that I have gone from one crisis to another. Back then I was in my third house in two years a...
Monday, 15 June 2009

10 Years On - Part 2 of Account of Cycling Northern France

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One thing that comes back from reading these accounts is how often I got lost cycling and wasted so much time especially entering and leavin...
Sunday, 14 June 2009

10 Years On - Part 1 of Account of Cycling Northern France

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As I mentioned last August when I did '20 Years On' from my Inter-rail journey around West Germany and Austria, I have always been r...
Tuesday, 9 June 2009

Dangerous Days for British Politics?

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Well, I finally got to look at the European election results. They are probably the worst guide to what will happen in a general election t...