I'm glad I didn't head down to Maelstrom on Friday night. I would of been trying to put my tent up in the dark during torrential rain before drinking a pint and collapsing in bed tired from a day of decorating.

As it happened I got up a denial AM …

A rather funny piece of legalese. I was very impressed with the LISP joke ;-)

It is no wonder the subject of the weather is a national obsession. Try this for an experiment. Watch the weather reports on 3 foreign/international stations and compare with out own domestic output. The latest BBC forecast was positively poetic in its description of thunder breaking out across the …

I've spent most of the day stripping and plastering the spare room while listening to the final test on Radio 5. I've still got a little bit more to do but I've decided to avoid driving tired I'll head down to Maelstrom first thing in the morning (hopefully avoiding the …

I've taken today and Monday off so I can make a serious attempt at getting the decorating done in Andy's new room. Tonight we cleared out all the furniture and removed the fitted shelves. Tomorrow I'll re-plaster the hole and prep the walls for Monday (I'm at Maelstrom over the …