Everyone likes stats

Posted on Mon 26 March 2012 in general • Tagged with life, manchester, ursula

So what has my blogging frequency been like, well I'm glad you asked:

[archive_chart name="Posting frequency over the last 12 months" width="600" height="300" count="12"]

It seems the trend is pretty clear and it's not exactly surprising as my hands have been more than full with other …


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Back with a bump

Posted on Tue 16 November 2010 in general • Tagged with cats, manchester

We went up to Manchester last weekend to complete Fliss' much delayed hen night. The ladies reported having much fun partaking in a combination of tea and gambling.

I took the opportunity to go on a short tour of some of Manchester's many fine ale houses. It was nice to …


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All downhill after the first climb

Posted on Sun 21 March 2010 in general • Tagged with 6nations, bike, cycling, manchester, rugby

Today I'm quite achey after Saturday morning's excursion to the top of Alderley Edge . Although the ride to the base of the climb was fairly easy the actual mile of steep ascent defeated me as well as the chain on Fliss' bike. By the time we got up to the …


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Visiting the North

Posted on Mon 22 June 2009 in general • Tagged with manchester

Our visit to Manchester was considered a success. It was a slightly longer visit than usual as Fliss was working in the area. This gave us the opportunity to travel up on Wednesday evening. What follows is a summary of what I/we did:

Wednesday saw us at the climbing …


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Another Manchester Visit

Posted on Mon 15 June 2009 in general • Tagged with manchester

We are coming up to Manchester on Wednesday evening for the weekend.
As Fliss will be busy making UK government better during the day on
Thursday and Friday I shall be pootling around Manchester with time on
my hands. If anyone wants to do lunch/visit pub during the day …

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