Travel
Back to normal
Whatever normal is supposed to be. That’s how I’m feeling as my second week in the smoke comes to an end. Being back in the UK was pretty stressful to begin with. The early starts, constant travelling, the people rushing around shouting into phones, busy office, the bombardment of advertising and strangely the food. British [...]
Suffolk to Brighton
Travelling down to Brighton today. The first part of a lot of time spent on trains in the coming couple of months. Any refreshments from the trolly? Well, no. I can’t see how a over-sized bag of salt and vinegar crisps and a can of sugary, caffeinated fizzy drink is going to refresh me. It’s [...]
Getting ready to leave the valley for a while
Happily, Sarah is back today. I’m picking her up from the airport later this afternoon. She’s been away for months, and I can’t wait to see her. I’m only around till the end of the week, however. I’m flying back to the UK on Friday, and starting work after the weekend. I was worrying a [...]
Summer starts today. At last
1st August, and it’s finally time to draw a line underneath a shite start to the summer. After an extended period of financial pressure, Listings Lab is finally back on track. There are still a few debts to pay back to the kind people who helped me out, but it’s under control at last. In [...]
Shrinking Balls
My great friend Phil and I have taken trips together since we were kids. At school we surfed together, after school we’ve travelled, skied and hung out in bling spots all over the world, but for a while our sporting interests diverged a little. Phil spent a lot of time in South America mountaineering while [...]
Refugio Bonatti, Tour du Mont Blanc
Sarah’s brother Andrew was in town this weekend. We went hiking in Italy on part of the Tour du Mont Blanc. The plan wa perfect. Leave the car in Courmayeur and walk up to the Rifugio Bonatti, staying in the hut overnight, walking back down the next day. Each way was probably just under 20km [...]
Building karma - Part 1 The random Polish guy
Sat at the bar at ‘Le Relax’ last night a young, very dishevelled bloke with a dog sat down next to me and ordered a beer. He asked me a few questions about how long it might take to trek to Italy from here. He spoke in English, but I could hear in his voice, [...]
boff
well. the chamonix-valley site has to undergo some emergency repair. er… so that’s what’s happened to that. In other news…. A certain girl’s group’s combined weight is apparently significantly less than a normal person’s big toe. Feed ‘em up I say. Make em put on a stone and say:
“Oi don’t understaaaaand it. I were doing [...]
Girls Aloud & being a bit bummed out
I took my lovely girlfriend to the airport this morning. She’s away working in UK for a month. On tour with Girls Aloud as it goes; very comic! I thought it would rain for a month, but the sun came out this afternoon so it could be worse. And a month’s not long is it? [...]
Finally - the Golf is getting replaced
I do love that car. It’s given me the hardest year of it’s life, charging around the haute mountagne, but I have to give the old girl a rest. She’s going to go to the AD garage who have been looking after her, and they can cannibalise her for parts. She’s got some good brakes, [...]
