For several months now I have been trying to arrange for a weekly garden waste collection from my local council, and all this time I have been hitting a proverbial brick wall. They keep telling me that my address is not eligible…

Regular readers of this blog will no doubt know all too well about my passion for long distance running, but what many of you may not be aware of is my passion for walking and hiking. When I am not running around…

It was a lovely relaxed day today. I took the missus and the two youngest ones to a pub for lunch and a couple of beers. Ruddles at £0.99 a pint? I was seriously thinking about living in the pub until after…

It felt odd not being at work today. I have been volunteering to work weekends for the last month or so to make some extra money, so being able to wake up at 8am (yes that is a lay-in for me) was…

My boss wanted me to take the scissor lift and clean the side of a building, it meant driving the lift onto soil that was not only soft but uneven. I explained that I didn’t think it was possible or a good…

Operation: Decorate The Flat has officially begun. I actually “officially” started this project in the middle of last year when I stripped the wallpaper from the wall in the toilet, but then discovered FOUR layers of the stuff and each one of…

Taking pride in your school and university is very much an American thing and is something that I wished we did here in the United Kingdom, instead we Brits merely forget about school and university the moment we walk out of their…

Well over a year ago my girlfriend made the sensible decision to quit smoking and decided to use a vape to help her. This is something that a lot of people have been turning to rather than the more traditional nicotine patches…

By now everybody on the planet will be aware of the pandemic sweeping the planet that we lovingly refer to as Coronavirus (also known by the cheeky nickname Covid-19). It is a horrible virus that has hit a fair few people that…

Tonight I did possibly the most fatherly thing I think I have ever done, I showed my girlfriend’s sixteen-year-old son how to tie a tie. Even though he has never referred to me as his dad or stepdad, and I have never…