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Bugger. Not only am I missing Ben Folds playing in London next month, but today I found out that Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook are getting back on stage together.
If I was still in the old smoke I would be there, front and centre singing along slightly out of key. Oh well, I’ll have to [...]

This is the last mention of the rain, honest. Whilst on holiday we did manage to get out of our room between downpours. On a couple of those occasions we lounged around and in the hotel pool. Here you see SWMBO and JFGP taking the waters. Those strange blobs on the surface of the [...]

There have, apparently, not been enough pictures of JFGP on this blog recently.
Well here you go folks. Behold number one son lording it over the king size bed in our room in Phuket. A place where he is entirely too comfortable if you ask me.
Why were we inside? Well it was raining [...]

You may not have noticed, but there’s an election for president of the world next week. I think this quote sums up my feelings rather nicely;
Many of us believe that what’s best for America need not also be what’s worst for the rest of the world.

There is, as yet, no documentary evidence but JFGP yesterday officially became a toddler. The record so far is about fifteen steps unaided. It will come as a surprise to no-one that the sure fire way of getting him to "walk" involves holding out a piece of food.
I’ll post a picture when I or SWMBO [...]

After a short break the daily photo is back. During my hiatus I spent a week in Thailand with SWMBO and JFGP. They rather enjoyed it. I got rather wet. As this picture illustrates.
Some advice for potential travellers; check the seasonal weather forecast before booking your holiday. Going to Phuket in the rainy season [...]

We may have no house and car (although that’s coming soon) but I have started to add up the reasons why it’s good to be back in Sydney.
I returned, not really triumphant, to Wakehurst Tennis Club this morning. As the world changes the tennis club stays the same. I was just a little bit rusty [...]

By Alexander G. Todd aged 1 1/4
Monday. Had a lovely day with various Grannies and Grandads. I didn’t see Daddy much, but when I did he was saying lots of naughty words. Later on when it was after my bed time we went to a strange place and climbed on board a paraffin budgie. Daddy [...]

If I weren’t leaving the country tomorrow I would be off to see my travel agent to fire him. He convinced us that our trip to Thailand this week would be fine, and that the weather would be great – "But why is the hotel so cheap?" we asked. It should have prompted a little [...]