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I’m a middle aged bloke with a passion for family, dogs, running, coaching and technology. I’m naturally quite a happy bunny, so I balance my demeanour by following Norwich City.

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Whining on relentlessly…

  • East Is East (again)
  • The eyes have it
  • Unfinished business
  • First avowed intent
  • Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Norfolk anymore.
  • Jack Valentine – the man who must be stopped
  • In Search of the Perfect Boot
  • Why Football Is Important
  • That thing about grief
  • East is East
  • A cautionary tale
  • It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
  • This Is Water
  • Farewell, Don Hector
  • County lines
  • Calorie Simpleton
  • Organised Grime
  • It’s called Iceland for a reason, dummy
  • Italian adventures – part two
  • Italian adventures – part one
  • Adventures on less than two legs
  • 50 ways to leave your lover. Really.
  • Through a glass, darkly
  • Before your very eyes…
  • Another tick for the Wall
  • Wanna Be Your (Action) Man
  • Hirsute you, Sir
  • Taking a punth
  • The Curse of the Numskulls
  • Oranges and Bananas
  • Town in a Box
  • Judgement Days
  • The Acid House Gynaecologist
  • They don’t like it up ’em, Mr Mainwaring
  • A short guide to blasphemy
  • Now We Are Three
  • The (Hi-viz) Cloak of Invisibility
  • Adventures on Two Wheels – Lille to Paris – Part 5
  • Adventures on two wheels – Lille to Paris – part four
  • Adventures on two wheels – Lille to Paris – part three
  • Adventures on two wheels – Lille to Paris – part two
  • Adventures on Two Wheels – Lille to Paris – Part One
  • Steady on, Now’s Your Chance!
  • Acceptable wisdom
  • Ever seen an Alien? No, me neither.
  • The mutt’s nuts (part two)
  • The mutt’s nuts (part one)
  • Commuting for Dummies
  • Stuck inside of Malmö, with the Nordic Noir again
  • My Left Foot (Part Two)
  • HCPWCDNWITEOATF(EDTH)
  • Luna’s Ruff guide to living
  • Adventures In Home Plumbing (part 4)
  • Adventures in home plumbing (3)
  • Adventures in home plumbing (part 2)
  • Adventures in home plumbing (part one)
  • Many Happy Returns
  • Speckled Jill (and Jim!) – part two 
  • Speckled Jill and the Mother’s Refuge
  • Good Technology
  • Our Marrakech Express
  • Ladies and Gentlemen, I Give You…The Cramps!
  • The Doctor Is In
  • Pregnant Paws
  • Postcards from The Edge
  • Bradley Johnson’s left foot
  • Reach Out (I won’t be there)
  • A pair of embarrassing running shorts (part 2)
  • Privates on Parade
  • Father of the Bride
  • How not to run a marathon.
  • Bullets for my baby
  • Running on, and on
  • My left foot
  • Abbatoir Blues (part three)
  • Abbatoir Blues (part two)
  • Abbatoir Blues (part one)
  • Highland Flings
  • These Testing Times…
  • Everything but the (geek/obsessive) Girl
  • Bringing up baby
  • Jocky Wilson . . . What an athlete!*
  • I’ll be your dog
  • Norfolk. And Good.
  • Train, train, sixteen coaches long….
  • Keeping the woof from the door
  • In the shadow of a brilliant light
  • It was twenty years ago today…
  • The T Word
  • Spot the happy cyclist
  • The other woman
  • Up, Down, Flying Around
  • Running into a wall
  • What, Me Worry? I’m Dad!*
  • The Great Scott & Zelda Swindle
  • Caution! Genius at Work. Not.
  • The revolution starts here!
  • The Last Word
  • Marching to a different Toon (part two)
  • Marching to a different Toon (part one)

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