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GRODKÓW – A SURVIVOR’S STORY

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I’ve survived two long months in Grodków, and I’m about to be released back into the wilds of Marbella! I’m coming home, I’ve done my time! If that means little to you, let me enlighten you – Grodków is a … Continue reading

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MEN: WE’RE ALL GROSS, AREN’T WE?

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I had a slight altercation with my step daughter the other evening. I’d been out for a run and got caught in a thunderstorm, so when I arrived home, I resembled a drowned sheep. Having triaged the impact of entering … Continue reading

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THE ASTON V8 VANTAGE AND A JOLLY GOOD ROAD TRIP TO POLAND

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I haven’t blogged for a while because I’ve been busy trying to survive life in the Upper Silesian countryside… that’s Poland, by the way. I’m currently residing in a town called Grodków – my wife’s home town – which has … 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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My COVID DIARY – Part 2

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I left you, around three weeks ago with the cliff-hanger, that having returned to Poland, I had tested positive for the Chinese Flu. So, no doubt you are wondering – or, on the other hand, you may well not be … Continue reading

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MY COVID DIARY – Part 1

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PROLOGUE GOD sat in his office, cowboy boot clad feet on his desk, fuming. Christmas had been cancelled for the first time since Herod had ordered the Massacre of the Innocents. There was a knock at the door. ‘Come,’ GOD … Continue reading

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CHOCOLATE

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So there’s a thing, he thinks: A man carrying a toilet bowl, to where and to what purpose? But he lets it pass because here’s a strange country and things are more often than not other than they seem. He … Continue reading

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POSTCARD FROM POLAND CORONAVIRUS DIARY, DAY 4 LOCKDOWN BLOODY LOCKDOWN

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Day 100 So, amigos, how are you coping with this Chinese Virus? And before you say it … I’m not being racist, I’m just being honest. The joke doing the increasingly irritating Twitbook rounds pretty much nails it. If you … Continue reading

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POSTCARD FROM POLAND CORONAVIRUS DIARY, DAY 3 LOCKDOWN

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Day 91 I promised myself I’d not blog about Coronavirus again. But there’s nothing else to blog about. It’s worse than bloody Brexit, isn’t it? Last week we decamped from our home in Wroclaw to the sleepy Silesian small town … Continue reading

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POSTCARD FROM POLAND – WORLD CUP … WHICH WORLD CUP?

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I’ve not blogged for ages and that’s mostly because of the World Cup. By World Cup, I mean the World Cup, the one where dump truck-sized blokes get knocked out cold and the result isn’t decided by people with ponytails … Continue reading

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