Working on my novel

I’ve been inspired by Mr Matt Cutts to join in with him on one of his 30-day challenges. I’ve signed up for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and over the next 30 days, I hope to complete at least 50,000 words of a humour piece tentatively titled “I am Hercules”. Today is day one and [...]

Holiday: Munich, Bavaria

At fairly short notice, we decided to take a weeks holiday this October. At even shorter notice we settled on Munich for our destination. Attractions such as the Deutsches Museum (Germany’s main science and technology venue), the BMW Museum and the Munich Sea Life Centre, would keep the vacationing geeks happy on a rainy day. [...]

The View from the Breakdown Truck

“We’ll take my car”, she says. “The journey will do it good”, she says. 3 hours, 70-odd miles and £160 later…we load the luggage into his car and start all over again… The moral to this story, ladles and jellyspoons, is always make sure you have a usable spare tyre when going on a journey.

Movie Reviews: Prince Caspian, Wanted & Kung Fu Panda

We’ve found ourselves at the cinema a lot lately so I thought I’d share my thoughts on the new releases we’ve seen. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Following on from the hugly sucessful adaptation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian follows the adventures of the Pevensie children as they return [...]

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