Another day home (nearly) alone survived
Spend my small premium bonds win on more luggage?
This morning off feels like a waste
Looking at some old blog content
Our connection to the meningitis epidemic
Will it be a productive day off?
I think I'm just sat waiting for pay day now
Turns out there is a badge for that
My new years resolution is not going so well
Washing machine might be salvageable
I changed my runuary run stats table to SVG
I didn't realise I could be doing daily flu graphs
My Bloody Valentine @ Wembley Stadium 2025
Radiohead - the day is finally here @ O2 Arena 2025
Tightly scheduled Wednesday @ Museum Of Comedy 2025
Lovely day for going to London
Now wife is mocking my Glastonbury packing skills
Better news on the old pension than expected
Reduced train tickets for the next three weeks
Got away with another day on call
Well I am quite pleased with the new EU deal
Have I got time to make some chips in a lunchtime?
Super long weekend - Portchester Castle
Last minute half day off Friday
I hear it was a nice day today
Will the Eurostar ever stop in Kent again?
Trevor Francis tracksuits from a mush in Shepherds Bush @ Barfly 2025
Survived our big Canterbury day out
Wow this has been boring this week
T1 had one of his GCSE mocks remarked
T1 has done another GCSE or something
Last full day of school for the boys
Saturday parkrun was a PB again
It has been too long and I can't remember what I did
Ventilation engineer coming today
Free energy today and tomorrow
AC/DC weekender part three: the gig @ festivalpark stenehei 2024
Suede and Manics gig was great @ Dreamland 2024
T1 is languages star of the year
Duke Of Edinburgh expedition complete
Bikeability - yes to be fair that bike is a bit small
T2 did great at the houses of parliament
I was going in to Canterbury just to get some holiday ideas...
The boy did a full day at school @ Portsmouth Pyramids 2024
T1 has the option of another ski trip...
Our day at the Young Voices concert @ O2 Arena 2024
Runuary day 30 @ O2 Arena 2024
Runuary day 22 @ O2 Arena 2024
Runuary day 16 @ O2 Arena 2024
The final nativity was brilliant
All the end of year round-ups are rolling in
Home wifi still not right since the power outage @ Birmingham Academy 2023
Not done badly with the dadmin tasks
Overwhelming dadmin task list today
School OFSTED inspection today
Someone fancies a new wall then
We had a power cut at the weekend
Second plumber did turn up today
Hmm trying to onboard the PIR in the hallway
New Home Automation dongle has arrived
T2 did walk home on his own today
T2 is walking home on his own today
I did struggle to use my free energy
T1 did a Titanic project and did not tell me
Stop investigating the sick newsreader, start investigating The Sun
OK, turns out it is sometimes someone you have heard of
Blur play Hammersmith Odeon @ Hammersmith Odeon 2023
The final London KISS show? @ O2 Arena 2023
Finally to the Iron Maiden gig @ Nottingham Arena 2023
We just had a crazy downpour of rain
have I posted more about beer than I have about fitness this week?
Someone has stolen T1's thumb!
More heatwave @ Royal Festival Hall 2023
Sunday we avoided the weather again
A Liverpool medley without a Beatles song..? @ Reading Alleycat 2023
Bonus, we did not get murdered in our beds
Got drenched at Parkrun @ Three Mariners 2023
Another thing I missed from my day off post - PUMP
Happy Mother's Day @ Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms 2023
Doubly did not burn the house down
Will I achieve anything on my day off?
Ninja foodi cook number five - baked potatoes again
A different kind of performance bonus @ Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms 2023
Febrewery 28/28 @ The Providence Inn 2023
Football training is on, even in half term
Febrewery day one: behind schedule
Runuary day two, and a cheeky Pizza Express
All is quiet on new years day @ Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms 2023
Missed eco hour in a big way yesterday
We have sickness in the house again
The beginning of the end of religion hopefully
Going to try a new regime in the morning
Good 7am energy usage down again @ Kings Cross Water Rats 2022
Parkrun 100 and no-one even knew
Insane busy at work but the end is in sight
Feeling fine @ The King And Queen 2022
It is quiet @ The King And Queen 2022
There is a Tile tracking tag attached to my office chair
Up early but no parkrun for me
Nice take on no fee Eurostar...
Something going on at Octopus energy?
Covid, day one billion @ Electric Ballroom 2022
Midlife Eurotour part ten - The Colosseum
Midlife Eurotour part nine - Vatican City
Midlife Eurotour part five - Vienna
The XBox uses more energy than I thought
Foo Fighters, nearly @ Three Mariners 2022
Not complaining because I support the workers and I hate the government
Did I make a saving on the electricty already?
Booked another part of my grand eurotrip, nearly done now
We have had a birthday this week
Smashing the May exercise challenge @ Three Mariners 2022
Thing two has made an amazing comic
Only one person spotted I am not in London today
Lovely long weekend and not over yet
Busy day of meetings @ Barfly 2022
They don't know what they have
Runuary day thirty-two... no, wait
Runuary day thirty-one - ranuary more like
Runuary day twenty-eight @ Three Mariners 2022
Save it for a rainy day indeed
The beetle knows I was looking at electric replacements
Rest of the weekend: Pizza Express
I've got a bad feeling about this
Did not go to the office, but I did go to school
This website is petrol powered
Voluntarily not going to the Inn Doors today
Nearly forgot I am going to a gig
Some more thoughts from the weekend away
Lovely weekend shame about the weather
Someone is fixing the beetle today
No-one wants to fix the beetle
Survived the first day of isolation
Quiet at the Inn Doors last night
Sure I could get cheaper tickets in person at the station...
Oh his shoes fit again by the end of the day
I have been invited for my second vaccination
Aargh today his new shoes don't fit
Really hard to find someone who needs the work
Inn Doors opens today, but back to the office soon
I think I want a dryrobe, but I have a compromise
Good exercise, bad cryptocurrency @ Three Mariners 2021
Was just about to post my daily complaint...
First day of school holidays went OK
Bad run yesterday, better today
Our holiday plans that we did not have are messed up
Do not update Mac OSX to Big Sur if you have an Epson ET-2750 printer
Cleared another thing off my shopping list
Stewart Lee gig is also postponed
Will I get something to entertain me in half term delivered in time?
Clare gave up on going to work
More shopping, need new scales
I told the school we don't want a key worker place... yet
Runuary day six, double bubble
Boys are both home schooling from tomorrow
I have run out of things to say
So as expected no school tomorrow
More on the Inn Doors curtains
Boris Johnson brexit claims fact checked
Progress of sorts on the PS5 too
Blue Peter badge turned up again
You get £50 if you change energy provider, but
Nice that the pubs have their decorations up
I tried in the Strava-art work challenge, really I did
Tesco charity run challenge day five
Disappointing takeaway from Market Square
We just bought a weekly bus ticket for the boy...
First week of work has gone well
Another Friday without going to the Inn Doors
Up early to do important coronavirus research
Filming halted because the show tested positive for CRAP more like
Think I just cleared the last of my broken links
Must remember I have an eye test today
The big old TV is up on freecycle now
I was looking for a job, and then I found a job (2020)
Confirmed coronavirus case at the senior school
Banksy's Art Buff is back in Folkestone
Bonus midweek dinner out at the White Hart
Turns out I have not had coronavirus
Not a super productive morning
Walked to Folkestone and ran back
Thing one did not miss his bus today
I am designing new beds for the boys
Our holiday to London and Warwick (part two)
Fourth record breaking hot day in a row?
I just removed my first LightwaveRF device
This definitely calls for a referendum
Today's excitement - holiday club
Have I fixed my wifi issues at last?
10k being applauded all the way
Did Charles Valentine Clarke have a premonition about the Titanic?
What do I do with Nintendo Labo now?
What is a plumber's favourite vegetable?
It's threatening to rain hard out there
Our turn to do a quiz next week
Schools go back today, but not ours
One boy is going back to school
We won the Seagull quiz @ The Seagull 2020
I planned to do some housework, but
New project / coding / game idea
Lockdown lock-in pub quiz @ The Seagull 2020
Why do I sleep so badly on a Tuesday?
Someone is trying to hack my new popbitch thing
My step count is not always updating like it used to
Am I the strictest home schooling dad?
First proper day of my furlough
First day of everyone being at home
I am struggling to keep up with my own schedule
They came up with a plan at work @ Three Mariners 2020
Cancelled my CAMRA membership and my chilli subscription
Swimming and school still on, but all the pubs are going to die
Not closing the schools just yet
I didn't want to fly to the USA anyway
Book day dress up done for another year
Coronavirus is a real thing then?
Thing one got his first choice of grammar school
The whole world is literally falling apart
Got snow? @ Three Mariners 2020
Great long weekend, and Febrewery completed
London pay day profit share weekender!
Febrewery day fourteen valentines special
If only I had not exhausted the most local of pubs...
Cataracts operation recovery day three
I thought this week off was going to be a proper skive...
Dry-vegan-runuary day twenty-six
Dry-vegan-runuary day twenty-three
Dry-vegan-runuary day twenty-two
New PB on dry-vegan-runuary day eighteen
Struggled to get up again today
Slept for ages, woke up feeling dreadful
Clare away so could not go for my early morning run
Dry-vegan-runuary day thirteen
Hardest day of the year surely?
Pick of the pops chart rundown of 2019
Cold and damp out there but could be worse
I am not sure the sun came up at all today
Up late in to the night putting sprouts in socks
You've let me down, you've let the school down, but most of all you've let yourself down
£2.09 hosting costs for the month
I think the school should be used as a polling station
Halloween, pay day, extra exercise
Submitted the boy for secondary school
Local newspaper headline of the week
The school generally had good Kent Test results
And so the step count starts to slide...
Dire weather but a great weekend
The boys are outraged at this idea
Am I cheating the Strava charts?
Actually felt a bit chilly today
Did not hit my step target for the first time in weeks
Most deprived areas in the UK are by the seaside
Beetle insured for another year
Hythe traffic at a standstill today
Strava says that lunch run was my best 5k yet
The Walking Dead series one done
Nearly there with the new Sainsbury Disney cards
Running at work at lunch today for the first time
Not sure why yesterday's graph makes me look less active
Fun weekend, but no more Inn Doors for two weeks
No-one ever watched so much of the BBC parliament channel
First day of the new term went well
Thought my new phone was arriving today
Last day of the summer holiday
Epic excursion to Bristol @ The Seagull 2019
Running the long way to the pub
First proper day of the Summer holiday
Late night because of school theatre trip
Thing two got a special award at prize day
Loved Spiderman: Far From Home
I have a confirmed leaving date
New Seabrook restaurant opening soon
Holiday 2019 day five - Kennedy Space Centre
Number two son only fell asleep once at school today
Thing one is signed up for the Kent Test
Meant to go to town today but will be short on time
Sick boy nearly made it to school
Phew, Elis and John going to BBC Five Live
Super mothers day weekender: the journey there
Thought I would miss my exercise today
The end of May at the end of March
Number one son the maths wizard
Up early working on a database
Someone just put a note through the door
Cycled in today, is sunny out there
This blog will now be updated even when I am not here...
Beautiful day out there again today
21 hours to get to the funeral @ The Seagull 2019
Cycled in towards some very black clouds
Definitely being gamed with the reading rewards
I won the treadmill auction, but at quite a price
Just remembered this that Nan wrote
Pick of the pops chart rundown of the year
Thanks dad for getting us out of the carol concert
Awake at 4:30 @ Islington Assembly Hall 2018
I need to update my linkedin profile
Yeah, this Morrisons is on fire
I ordered a paper book from a bricks and mortar shop
Thought I had done a record run time yesterday
Waved thing one off on his residential trip today
I ran further than I walked last month
Great food festival in Canterbury today
Great school, rubbish swimming
First days at school went well
First day in new classes for the boys today too
Got an odd text while we were away
Still doing old school web design
Got my Fitbit Versa, not super intuitive IMO
Not sure if the boys enjoyed Summer camp or not
Weather has gone off a bit today
Did not go for a run this morning
Last day of week four of Couch To 5K
Up early for work rather than running
An update from the school about Fortnite reads like an ad
The Fountain is back open again
Number two son a bit under the weather today
Homework for today is the present perfect tense
Aaargh all of our teachers are leaving
Got the boys interested in the family tree
I was supposed to be at Chambers for dinner tonight
Got soaked on the way back from school
A lot of fuss for relatively little snow
Clare has broken down on the way to work
Successful swimming @ Folkestone Sports Centre 2018
Did some shopping in Canterbury, but
It's beginning to feel a lot like christmas
I went out! On a school night! @ The Booking Hall 2017
Double parents evening was good
Actual birthday for the boy today
Too busy with work to write much
Good trip to Mum and Dad's @ The Seagull 2017
Fabulous weekend @ Docker. Taphouse 2017
First day of school was a success
Little one's first day at school today
Starting to sink in that number two son is starting school tomorrow
Wee man's last day of nursery today
Number one son won the merit cup this week
Woohoo Clare just told me it's not a fasting day!
SURPRISINGLY fidget spinners are now banned in school!
The mystery of the fidget spinner continues
The fidget spinner dream is over
Have announced Horrible Histories
Our now traditional trip to the Seagull on Friday night @ The Seagull 2017
Phew number two child has been offered a school place
Term-time holiday dad loses his high court battle
Locked myself out this morning
Did I know Veganuary was a thing?
Thick frost on the car this morning
Fun weekend @ Wembley Arena 2016
Good birthday weekend for Number two son
Frank Lampard your books are not very good
Out take from Number one son's stone age homework
Jon Richardson also great @ Quarterhouse 2016
Raspberry Pi is now running without an SD card
Jobs done @ Beano's Vegetarian Cafe Bar 2016
Can't entirely remember the weekend
Poured away my latest home brew today
The weekend, what I can still remember of it @ The Seagull 2016
Next Friday Number one son is a caveman
Nice weather is back again today!
We won a meal for two at Wetherspoons @ Samuel Peto 2016
An excellent school report for Number one son
Hoping the weather is good for school summer barbecue tomorrow
Were we supposed to keep Number one son off school today?
First night we ate at Cafe Rouge, for the last time @ Cafe Rouge 2016
Not sure I can make the funeral
I just used chai-as-promised for the first time
Number one son's been doing "choose your own adventure" books from school
Funeral was amazingly well attended @ Ship Inn 2016
Google are supposed to be warning about sites that offer fake download buttons
Twenty years ago today I was at The Godfathers valentines day massacre @ Mean Fiddler 2016
There's a free one day history conference that sounds really good @ Quarterhouse 2016
They're doing a baptism practice at Number one son's school today
Splendid Saturday in London @ Natural History Museum 2016
Super proud of number one son's swimming
Very nice to have a surprise visitor yesterday
Tumble dryer fixed (fingers crossed)
Eating meat is bad for the environment
Quite a productive few days here @ Brixton Academy 2015
Number two son went to nursery today. Nursery was closed...
Can't believe I was sick for Back To The Future day
First night of the bunkbeds...
Waiting in all day for an IKEA delivery
We survived the first day, and even found some pub time @ The Fountain 2015
Action packed weekend @ Beano's Vegetarian Cafe Bar 2015
Number one son's had a very good day
Folkestone People History Centre AGM tonight at Woodward Hall @ Woodward Hall 2015
Number one son has a school disco today
Rare night out part one - RockSalt @ Rocksalt 2015
Super proud of Number one son today
I had a win on the Premium Bonds today
When you walk on by, and you call my name
Thomas Clark 1837 - 1898 Master of Greenholme Mills School
Very proud of Number one son today
Hope Number one son is now not getting ill
Are there burglars on the prowl locally?
Working from home this afternoon
Number one son's school play was good
The new Banksy @ The Fountain 2014
We tricked number two son into saying I Love You...
Productive long weekend of coding then
Number one son's gymnastics class is all booked up!
Number one son had a cinema party today
Candy Floss - how I got my name!
Getting a "best price guarantee" refund from Novotel
Can't believe how troublesome number one son has been this weekend
For number one son @ Hallamshire House Hotel 2014
Did I just solve my bad back problem?
Beautiful day, the beach is packed with people
The heavy rain just made my security camera kick in
number one son got a great school report
Open creative quarter this Saturday
Did I say, we were going to Disneyland Paris?
Hot Hot Hot @ Folkestone School for Girls 2014
Archery club! @ Folkestone School for Girls 2014
Day off @ Firkin Alehouse 2014
Good weekend but didn't do much @ Il Bacio 2014
Nephew George won 12 "programmable computer devices"
Can you give old train wagon a new home?
Two days working from home this week
Number one son's school photo today
Good luck back at work the wife
Watched DIY SOS The Big Build: Fareham
Boot fair at Hythe Cricket Club
Oof number one son fell on his face
The "save Princes Parade" petition is up to 1000 signatures
Number one's first day at school
Center parcs roundup (part one)
Invitation ATU "Footprints From The Past" Exhibition Talk and Reception
Got another email about the School of Art from Tessa Mac
RE: The 66 - new restaurant in Sandgate - 16657
RE: The 66 - new restaurant in Sandgate - 16656
New sea sports facility on Folkestone seafront
Little Ones - childrens activities in Kent
The Genesis Project @ The Miners Arms 2012
Good swimming in Canterbury today
The boy didn't even say good by when he went to nursery today
Look who's gone to school today
Third day at school @ The Britannia 2011
Second day at school went well too
RE: An email from Lorna Winslow - 14302
My celebrity life, and my celebrity friends and neighbours
RE: Got an email about the School of Art - 14129
Archeology volunteers required for January and February
The boy's woken in the night EVERY DAY this week
Henry Seaton's "Homes Fit for Heroes" @ Georges House Gallery 2010
Raymond and Mr Timpkins Revue @ Quarterhouse 2010
My review of the fight! @ Leas Cliff Hall 2010
AMERICAN INDIAN DANCE AND HISTORY COMPANY ON SCHOOL TOUR
A grey day today @ Chambers 2009
Hello from The New Inn, Etchinghill @ The Gatekeeper 2009
What is it with Harvey Grammar teachers and naked photos? @ Harvey Grammar School 2009
New thing I learned @ 100 Club 2009
Don't forget it's an old school night at the Frog and Frigate tomorrow @ The Frog and Frigate 2009
opposite where the police station is now?
RE: Got an email about the School of Art - 12598 @ School of Art 2009
RE: WEIRD non news story about ASDA - 12573
WEIRD non news story about ASDA
my school @ Folkestone School for Girls 2009
No-one was in our house during the 1911 census
Lone Star Comedy Saturday 1st November @ The Tower Theatre Conversion 2008
Got my Folkestone Literary Festival tickets
RE: Vanished businesses - 11515
Got an email about the School of Art @ School of Art 2008
MJ Hibbett's Exciting Life In Rock is off to Edinburgh NOW! @ Medina & Negociants 2008
Famous people who have lived in Folkestone
Turin Brakes play the Leas Cliff Hall in August, 08/08/08 @ Leas Cliff Hall 2008
Hey Jez - it's George (geordie
Mr Gordon Brown refused my demand to abolish religious mythology in schools
Don't you wish you went to school in Ashford
RE: It looks like West is best for London, long term - 10868
Oof, just deleted the whole site @ Folkestone Academy 2007
David Starkey in Folkestone @ Folkestone Academy 2007
Folkestone literary festival kicks off @ Folkestone Academy 2007
It's not the show that's on TV, he's just being interviewed
Here's who invented Folkestone's Creative Quarter!
A working copy here for only $200 at the moment
Folkestone before 1500 @ Folkestone Library 2007
Charles Perrault fairy tales, in Dutch
RE: First day of school - 9720
RE: Fellenberg College, 4 Church Street, Folkestone - 9651
History in my day @ British Lion 2006
Feltonfleet School @ Southcliff Hotel 2006
Who tickets @ Roundhouse (Camden) 2006
Westbrook House School contact details @ Westbrook House Preparetory School 2006
Pal Joey @ Westbrook House Preparetory School 2006
Who said all those circus school lessons were a waste of time?
School's out for, ooh, a long time now
Folkestone Creative Players: Auditions for "Pal Joey" @ Westbrook House Preparetory School 2006
Weddingtastic weekender @ The Coal Hole 2006
No, *not* grey squirrel curry!
Wheels of confusion... @ School of Art 2006
Creative Players do Robin Hood @ Westbrook House Preparetory School 2006
When did Richard Curtis live in Folkestone?
Where's that then? @ Clifton Hotel 2005
I aspire to a gold card, but I struggle to pay off my debts
One Kent @ Sinden Theatre 2005
There's a couple of pages on the Prince Albert in that book @ The Metronome 2005
Someone Likes Yoghurt @ Lanterns 2005
Xtremadnes Entertainment L L C
Westgate Pavilion @ Westgate Pavilion 2005
Timothy's Wine Bar @ Jon's Vinos Y Tapas 2004
This'll be about her sending her kid to private school then?
Big knobs @ Cheriton Balti 2004
RE: Naked Women's Wrestling League - 1397
Big weekend then @ Gate 28 2004
Japanese vending machines are go
Prof Heinz Wolfe (Off the great egg race!!)
It's that the road is narrow I think
fat ginge on w-shing machine off the phones4u ad
YOU'LL HAVE TO SPEAK UP @ Brixton Academy 2003
Who's that t*sser in the Carter shirt?
A / Rival Schools competition winners
Win 'A 'and Rival Schools Tickets
Brats Tour Reviewette @ London Astoria 2002
Got New Years sorted? @ Barfly 2001
Always one to slap a good idea on the back @ Docklands Arena 2001
Oh Yeah, they took the LA2 over... @ Mean Fiddler 2001
Les Carter, Les Paul, Tres Generous
Uncle Bob's Wedding Reception @ Upstairs @ Highbury Garage 1996
The Godfathers @ Mean Fiddler 1996
Firework Party @ Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms 1993
Red Letter Day @ Portchester Youth Club 1993
Amazing Windmills @ Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms 1993