The first of many lasts

An awesome week has begun.
I did my last ‘big shop’ & enjoyed my leaving ‘do’ on Saturday in Manchester (thanks to those who came and to Andy for the photos).
I wanted to say I cooked my last Sunday morning fry-up but I was too ill to face the frying pan.
The window cleaner has been relieved of [...]

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A single to Saigon, please

I’ve only gone and done it.
My flight has been booked for September 3rd and it’s a one-way ticket. Some like to have their trip mapped and planned, but I want to have the freedom to stay or go as I please and leave myself open to chance encounters and opportunities.
The house is on the rental [...]

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Things they don’t tell you

Gap years are easy. They’re almost a lifestyle-choice now, a rite of passage. Career-breaks and sabbaticals are nothing special, and ‘Grown up gappers’ are a fast-growing group: travel companies have spotted the trend and are making the most of it.
What they don’t tell you is that it’s entirely different from planning your three [...]

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Synchronicity

In the dentist’s chair this morning – having a fractured tooth filled. What will I do if this happens when I’m out of the country after September? (Find a dentist, I suppose.)
Century FM played ‘Welcome to the House of Fun’ as the needle went in, and then ‘Do you really want to hurt me?’ [...]

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