With my Kilimanjaro summit dream dead and gone (for this trip at least) I was brought back to Moshi in a ramshackle, bouncy 4×4 truck, driven by a park ranger obsessed with two mobile phones. On the plus side we encountered a troop of baboons hurtling along the road ahead of the truck before they…
There’s no denying towns and cities have their share of the weird people and places, but I believe if you want a full dose of strangeness the countryside is the place to go. Many years ago I read a short yet sincere email in FHM magazine where a European visitor asked a question about London.…
Recently my local Tesco in Newmarket has added a speed bump to its car park. Okay, I admit that’s not the most attention grabbing opening line, but bear with me, dear blog reader, the reason for my rant will come clear soon enough. Normally my opinion of this car wrecking Health & Safety Induced Hysteria…
Went to the beach today, a lovely place called Wells-next-the-Sea in North Norfolk. Talk about hot, you could have fried an egg on the sand…well, not that anyone was, but there were plenty of barbecue smells wafting across the beach! I took some happy colourful photos for you to enjoy! We found a spot out…
Other drivers suck! I got my driving license late in life even though I had driven a considerable amount throughout my life, driving with friends and family for the most part. I think of myself as a good driver, strangely I haven’t instantly forgotten everything I was taught like the moment I left school. I…
It’s been a month since I passed my driving test and got my license and I’ve learned a lot more than I expected. I had considered doing a series of ongoing posts during my driving sessions right up to my test day but I figured it wouldn’t make very interesting reading. Instead, after some thought,…
Stagecoach Cambridge have proven themselves to be lacking in every department where customer service is concerned. I’m pretty sure I’ve been in a bad mood recently and will snap out of it sooner or later, but whilst I’m here I may as well have fun with it! I’ve recently added a nice new section to…
