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A Levels and the big wide world
I realised earlier on today that it is fifteen years since I sat my A level exams. 4th June 1997 to be precise. 2 As, 1 B, 1 C, and a C in my AS level as well, if you were wondering, but it is not...
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(Not much) Sun, (but plenty of) Sea and Sand.
If I was writing you a postcard from my jaunt to Devon, this is exactly what would have been written on it from Saturday night, as it is what I wrote in at the time…. “ I am sat in the tent, the wind...
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I left my heart in….. Birmingham?!
Two things have always set me against considering the city of Birmingham with any fondness. My first trip there in about 1983 for a start; I was only 4, and it was the biggest, noisiest, busiest place...
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I’m in the Mood for Dancing…
It was a night out with work colleagues, one of those which started with just one drink after work in the pub next door to the office. I had just started out on my management career, having been...
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Nkosi Sikelei l’Afrika Part 2
This is what you might call a stop gap blog entry, as I am at the outset of a journey, with only aspirations at the present time. I am sat here, actually having to pinch myself that this is really...
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We don’t need no education….
Where do I start?… I am now a teacher of Mathematics to a class of 25 10 year old children in a South African Primary School, on the outskirts of Cape Town. The make up of the class is very mixed, but...
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The darkest hour is just before dawn
The darkest hour is just before dawn” is one of my favourite lyrics of the Mamas and Papas, from the song Dedicated to the One I Love. Any parent, night shift worker, hardened clubber or insomniac...
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2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 3,000 views in 2012. If...
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My 2012 in pictures
Here are some of the photos of my year. It has been an incredible year for me, and I am so very grateful to all of the followers of both this blog and Twitter for your continual support, advice and...
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My Way
Probably hardest of all to write this, as it demonstrates how badly wrong the course of things has been. Everyone and everything I care about always has a habit of drifting away eventually. I find...
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I can see clearly now the rain has gone
So, after a bit of a crazy couple of months, things are finally clear. The post I put on here back in April was a foolish act, borne of desperation at the situation in which I found myself. Now I have...
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(Not much) Sun, (but plenty of) Sea and Sand.
If I was writing you a postcard from my jaunt to Devon, this is exactly what would have been written on it from Saturday night, as it is what I wrote in at the time…. “ I am sat in the tent, the wind...
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I left my heart in….. Birmingham?!
Two things have always set me against considering the city of Birmingham with any fondness. My first trip there in about 1983 for a start; I was only 4, and it was the biggest, noisiest, busiest place...
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Nkosi Sikelei l’Afrika Part 2
This is what you might call a stop gap blog entry, as I am at the outset of a journey, with only aspirations at the present time. I am sat here, actually having to pinch myself that this is really...
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The darkest hour is just before dawn
The darkest hour is just before dawn” is one of my favourite lyrics of the Mamas and Papas, from the song Dedicated to the One I Love. Any parent, night shift worker, hardened clubber or insomniac...
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My 2012 in pictures
Here are some of the photos of my year. It has been an incredible year for me, and I am so very grateful to all of the followers of both this blog and Twitter for your continual support, advice and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
I can see clearly now the rain has gone
So, after a bit of a crazy couple of months, things are finally clear. The post I put on here back in April was a foolish act, borne of desperation at the situation in which I found myself. Now I have...
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