He’d arrived at the location and he was armed & dangerous.... It doesn’t seem to matter how much parents push the message that violence doesn’t pay, eventually some kids will fall in to bad company and good business. Which was exactly where I had found myself. Now, I will admit to being a little intimidated... Continue Reading →
Sceptics will always be quick to jump to their little sayings, like; . Lightning never strikes twice. . ‘Getting the band back together’ will never capture the energy of the first time around. . The sequel is never as good as the original. And on the face of it, they may have a point. I... Continue Reading →
It’s only 3pm, on the 5th January, in Copenhagen, but I’m already an hour late... My wife and I find ourselves stood in an industrial estate car park, in the freezing cold, and although I’ve followed the directions to the letter...I fear we may be lost. Try as I might, I can’t find the entrance... Continue Reading →
It's Christmas Day! And that can only mean one thing! (Presents?). Ok, it can only mean two things...(Christmas dinner?). Ok, it's Christmas Day and it can only mean three things...(friends & family and goodwill to mankind?). Ok this is hopeless!...It's Christmas Day, and amongst the many things that, that means, it ALSO means cHrIsTmAs CoCkTaIlS!... Continue Reading →
As a kid, I always saw myself as growing up to be a kind of Steven Segal, Chuck Norris or Jean-Claude Van Damme kind of guy; matching their respective character traits of being hard as nails, with great facial hair and being irresistible to woman. Little did I know, much to my disappointment, that my... Continue Reading →
Ah nuts. You've done it again! Year after year you promise yourself that 'this is the year I'm going to make my own Sloe Gin'. As the winter months roll in, the air getting colder and the nights getting darker, you find yourself berating the shops for displaying their decor slightly too early, and chastise... Continue Reading →
At the risk of alienating any bears within my readership (of which I can only imagine there are several), I'll admit that I've never really been a fan of honey... When I was growing up, my Grandad would merrily devour a teaspoon of the stuff direct from the jar, and swore by its natural properties... Continue Reading →
We were in a stand off. It was just me and him... I stood rooted to the spot, locked in a battles of wits, neither of us willing to back down or be the first to blink. I'm not a violent man - in fact I'd never even been involved in a playground fight at... Continue Reading →
One in a million. Seems like short odds doesn't it? It's a strap line that seems to regularly get banded about and slapped on the chances of unlikely seeming situations or to describe the unique nature of a person or thing. Let's take a few examples to illustrate the point; . Me winning the lottery... Continue Reading →
I once watched a drunk man, wearing nothing but his boxer shorts and a smile, step barefoot from a porta-cabin toilet in to (...let's give him the benefit of the doubt here) 'definitely just mud' that went up to the middle of his shins. Assessing his surroundings, and taking a couple of seconds to enjoy... Continue Reading →
The Gin Shelf 
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