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James Went To San Diego

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Las Vegas was over, and it was time to get in the car and drive to San Diego. Why San Diego? Well, again, my sister had suggested it as she had already been to San Francisco – I might have chosen the latter. But as soon as I did the briefest amount of research on San Diego (basically finding out that it was the craft beer capital of USA plus lots of Latinos), I thought that it might really, really be my kind of place. And we did very limited research beforehand, as we both thought there was no point … Continued

17 Moments Of 2021

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Time for a little lookback at the moments of 2021. They are mostly highlights, but I didn’t want to totally forget the more difficult times – it feels easy to forget the misery of the first 3 months of 2021 when we were in perpetual lockdown. So, starting with… 17. That miserable lockdown I remember thinking during the first lockdown how lucky we were that it happened in spring, especially given how glorious the weather was. I also remember realising around November 2020 that the upcoming winter was going to be really difficult. It was. It was long and often … Continued

James Went To Brussels

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There tend to be disturbances prior to my visits to foreign lands – riots in Paris many years ago, a bomb threat evacuated Ibiza airport the morning of one trip, the army were sent to protect London airports just before another trip abroad…this, my first trip to look at foreigners this year, was no different: I can only assume my presence has a calming, reassuring effect when I arrive. I hadn’t been on holiday yet in 2014, however I thought I should take one final opportunity to use the Euro before it collapses.  The arrival of an e-mail offering return … Continued

I Feel Good – Because I Had Beer?

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Well that was a fun weekend. I decided against imposing any more austerity/sobriety upon myself – 12 days was more than enough, and I feel much better for it.  No, not for the 12 days of sobriety but for having a few beers, spending time with good friends and maybe the sunshine had something to do with it. On Saturday, I went to my very good friend’s pub, The Star, in Waltham St Lawrence (no I’ve never heard of it either, but it is a little village nearish Twyford). It was really refreshing to be out in the country air, … Continued