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BLOOD, SWEAT, GROCKLES AND THE MODERN PENTATHLON

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I’m at my friend Alsira’s pool. I’ve just done fifty lengths, shaken the water off, and bashed out fifty press ups. The lifeguard is impressed and asks me how I got on in Paris? ‘Pretty well,’ I reply, ‘Until my … Continue reading

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WATCHED NETFLIX’ BERLIN YET? SAVE YOURSELF SOME TIME – DON’T BOTHER

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I’ve had an utterly miserable Christmas. On Christmas Eve, my car broke down in Ronda and on Christmas Day I picked up pneumonia, from which I have now more or less recovered. As a consequence, I watched a lot of … Continue reading

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THE PINK PANTHER – A CAR FOR ALL REASONS… OR NONE AT ALL?

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Chic@s! Apologies, but this is a car blog. If you’re not interested in cars, please go and water the garden. Prologue: A year ago last week I changed my car. I blogged about it, promising a follow-up to inform you … Continue reading

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STUPIDITY – THE FINAL FRONTIER

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Now, I know you all think that I’m the luckiest person on earth, living in Marbella, but I’m not. I would be the luckiest person on earth if I lived in Marbella for ten months of the year, and could … Continue reading

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JUST HORSIN’ AROUND?

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A horse walks into a pub, takes a seat at the bar and asks the bartender for a drink. The barman pours him a pint and asks, “Why the long face?” There are long faces aplenty at Vilamoura Equestrian Centre … Continue reading

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ALL AT SEA

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Amigos! This is a two-part blog. DAY ONE – ALL AT SEA I’m at sea as I write this. Somewhere in the middle of the Eastern Atlantic, off the west coast of France. I’m aboard the Galicia, operated by Brittany … Continue reading

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WON’T YOU PLEASE, PLEASE HELP ME?

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WARNING: This is not one of my regular blogs, amigos! What it is, is a serious appeal for help; a plea for help addressed to my soccer-loving acquaintances in particular, and to anyone else who understands the game of soccer … Continue reading

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GENERATION Z AND THE RIGHT TO BE OFFENDED

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Do you want to know what worries me most about the world as it is at the moment? Probably not, but you’re going to hear it anyway. It’s not the soaring price of energy, nor is it Doby the House … Continue reading

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BUSY DOING NOTHING …

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Workin’ the whole day throughTryin’ to find lots of things not to do I haven’t blogged for ages and here’s why: this post-pandemic world is in such a pitifully grim state that I felt incumbent not to depress you further. … Continue reading

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MY GREAT BIG ANDALUCÍAN ROAD TRIP

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Last week, I had a holiday.
And before you say that my entire life is a holiday, let me tell you that it isn’t.
Well, not entirely anyway.
Having a car – and quite a decent car – in Spain and rarely using it is a bit of a waste; and a waste that prompted the idea for a mini road trip around Andalucía. Continue reading

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