Great London weekend breakdown day two

Imagine if I never wrote anything again

Work christmas lunch

Festive day in Canterbury

Parkrun 207

Lovely weekend

I like a website that does one thing, and does it well

Lovely weekend

Holiday 2025 - Vienna

Dave Grohl is in the country

Now wife is mocking my Glastonbury packing skills

Happy birthday T1

Massive Pixies day out part seven - The actual Pixies @ Brixton Academy 2025

Super long weekend - Giggling Squid

Super long weekend - the pizza

Big Stratford day out Saturday

Parkrun 178

Good day in London, no snow

Christmas round-up

Settling down to watch Strictly

I get up when I want... Oh, I really could have

Outrageous weather out there

York: day one

Great birthday day out

Singapore day seven - River Wonder and Clarke Quay

Singapore day five - Singapore proper

Singapore day four - Adventure Cove water park

Singapore day two

Yeah done Singapore bingo cards

AC/DC weekender part four: Bruges @ festivalpark stenehei 2024

A week of not drinking (apart from yesterday)

Wine slushie???

Slightly dull football

The Tifoon is back in stock!

Two lovely massive meals in a row

NHS health check fine

Bank holiday starts here

Right, tea is on

Parkrun 153

Lido Bon Vino is gone

Splendid Mothers Day weekend

Second night on call went less smoothly

Nice relaxing day today

Febrewery 26/24

Our day at the Young Voices concert @ O2 Arena 2024

Runuary day 31

Runuary day 19

Runuary day 15

This is fine they definitely were not partying

Winter holiday to Marrakech part 8 - New Year's Eve

Runuary day six

Haha the idiots announce a benefit of brexit

Too busy

Lovely lazy weekend

Christmas has started

Sandgate Hotel yesterday a success

Nice day off in Canterbury

Thought I had had a great idea

Sandgate update

Out for dinner to the Bouverie Tap

It's dark @ Portsmouth Pyramids 2023

It's covid isn't it

Beer vs wine with cheese tasting

T2 did not walk home on his own

They are doing takeaway pizza from the Sandgate Hotel @ Sandgate Hotel 2023

Wine delivery day

Hot parkrun

End of holiday Saturday

Holiday 2023 - Center Parcs day four

Holiday 2023 - Center Parcs day three

Looking forward to my alcohol free beers I bought at the weekend...

Just about made the day work yesterday @ Brixton Academy 2023

Cooler today @ Birmingham National Indoor Arena 2023

Good day in London

London weekender: The Prince Of Greenwich

I missed an update

Even slower parkrun

Bonus, we did not get murdered in our beds

Dinner at the Radnor Arms @ The Radnor Arms 2023

Pump class HARD today

Slower parkrun, lost an earbud

I knew there would be Blur warm-up shows

London friday done

So that's Easy Wednesday done @ Leas Cliff Hall 2023

Friday night pub action

Full day at Harry Potter Studios

Runuary day fifteen

Not a late night, should have been a better parkrun

Brussels and Cologne the full story

Trying to find a reason not to go to London tomorrow

We have sickness in the house again

Ice skating was great

Midlife Eurotour part thirteen - Sorrento that I forgot to write up

Awesome gig yesterday @ Kings Cross Water Rats 2022

Is it me and the boys who run up the energy bills?

Parkrun 100 and no-one even knew

We won the quiz

Midlife Eurotour part twelve - Sorrento

Midlife Eurotour part nine - Vatican City

Midlife Eurotour part seven - sleeper train to Rome

Midlife Eurotour part six - Bratislava

Did not sleep so well

Midlife Eurotour part four - sleeper train to Vienna

Midlife Eurotour part two - Brussels

Midlife Eurotour part one

See that holiday energy usage

Extra busy extra chaos London birthday midweek weekender (part two)

The magnificent seven @ The Hawley Arms 2022

Sunday afternoon off

Prague day three

A week from now I will be waiting to take off

Sensible pay day spending

Boris Johnson your boys sure took a beating

Five mice and counting

Fake Monday

Easter London trip

Small items @ Leas Cliff Hall 2022

Pay day spend up all spent up

About that booking of the train tickets

Nothing working today

Happy mothers day

I tried to buy a new hoodie from nike.com

Only twenty-seven days until pay day @ Barfly 2022

Back on track after a lazy week

Too busy

Secret recliner action

They don't know what they have

Now the second child has it

Runuary day twenty-seven

No you spilled wine on the new sofa

Last train to covid central

Day to myself

Brief updates @ Leas Cliff Hall 2021

Help Are Own First

Jobs for the day

And we are back @ The Good Mixer 2021

All the internet down again

Bonus meal out

Crazy weather tonight

So, lovely long weekend then

Ultrasound done

Trying to make plans for the weekend

Really hard to find someone who needs the work

Someone likes hospital food

Oh yeah that clears some of my todo list

A rare trip out, to Dover

About the hospital

I've made £8 from my vending machine so far

Will I get something to entertain me in half term delivered in time?

More snow last night than any so far

Some snow

The best day of all

Runuary day twenty-six

Runuary day twenty-five

Morning, routine

New blinds!

Runuary day nine

Happy New Year

Belated merry christmas

Hack day went well

Well into the last week before christmas

Another hectic day of work

You get £50 if you change energy provider, but

Busy busy with new job

Tesco charity run challenge day five

The whole of Kent is in tier 3

Still no wine

IPOD socks sold

Joined The Wine Society

Updated shopping list

Rest day

Epic all dayer with visiting friends @ Red Lion 2020

Figured out what was wrong with popex

Up early running off a curry

A slow 5k

Last day of work for two months

Why is everyone talking about hair cuts?

Coronadryrus lock in day one

New pub in town

£25 on the premium bonds this month

UFO on the beach last night

Bronx Deli in Folkestone

When does my new watch get here?

I thought Friday was an epic day of exercise @ Unit Number 1 Limited 2019

Epic excursion to Bristol @ The Seagull 2019

Pasta Thursday?

Is that treadmill nearly paying for itself..?

Holiday 2019 day seven - to Mexico

Holiday 2019 day four

Speedy Suede weekend with a lot of trains @ Southampton Guildhall 2019

Super mothers day weekender: the next day

21 hours to get to the funeral @ The Seagull 2019

Folkestone parkrun results for event

Going out in the week! @ Islington Assembly Hall 2018

Massive weekend @ Leicester Square Theatre 2018

Practically a triathlon

New York day three

New York day one

No run this morning

I will probably not write out holiday up chronologicaly

This week is not quite over before I knew it

Lovely night out at the Seagull @ The Seagull 2018

Successful day of freebies In Canterbury

Had dinner at the Seagull @ The Seagull 2018

Pizza tea was good @ Follies 2018

London weekender part 1

Clare won the quiz, again

Coffee table day

No coffee did not help the not sleeping

Suede Holiday (part 2) @ Brixton Academy 2017

Cheaper parking at Dreamland! @ Dreamland 2017

Last night I dreamt there was a Helen Love childrens book

Number one son's behaviour improved immeasurably

Jolly to Sofia part two

Why not come along with the family and check out our Dark and Fruity Beers Bar? @ Merton Farm 2017

Drink in All Bar One to think about dinner @ All Bar One 2017

Walked through Folkestone on Sunday @ Steep Street Coffee House 2017

I'm up so everyone get up @ Folkestone Sports Centre 2017

Sean Lock very funny @ Brighton dome 2017

Saturday tea; Wagamama @ Wagamama 2017

Lunch at Lubens @ Lubens 2017

We went to Rosie's Vineyard @ Rosies Vineyard 2016

Now it's starting to get hazier @ Hole in the Wall 2016

Stop four, pub two, drink? Anyway The Vaults @ The Vaults 2016

Looks like a trip to Portsmouth is on the cards for the weekend

Great meal at Zizzi @ Zizzi 2016

Good birthday weekend for Number two son

Dinner at a buzy Prezzo in Kings Cross

Had a fancy meal in Acorn Vegetarian Kitchen @ Acorn 2016

Food diary (Saturday) @ The Thomas Tallis 2016

Food diary (Friday)

Food diary (Thursday)

We went to Center Parcs!

I went in the Dickens Inn @ Dickens Inn 2016

Great dinner at Ask Italian

Who drinks less than a bottle of wine at a go?

6k by breakfast time

Bus fun

Cheriton Festival of Light

I had beer! At Kings Cross Parcel Yard @ The Parcel Yard 2016

Bah looks like I lost a load of this writeup somehow

Delme was good on Christmas eve @ Delme Arms 2015

Another day of rain

Day four of not not drinking

Splendid afternoon on Folkestone Harbour Arm @ Docker. Taphouse 2015

We went to Bakewell, The Peak District, Derbyshire

After dinner wine flights back at the Shakespeare @ The Shakespeare 2015

The next supper club date is set for Sunday, August 2nd at The Firkin Alehouse in Cheriton Place @ Firkin Alehouse 2015

Booze run to Calais good, despite eurotunnel

Booze run tomorrow!

We are a one car family again

Rare night out part two - Blooms @ Blooms @ the 1/4 2015

A full weekend then

Spent Saturday in Tenterden

We went in another pub - The Foundry @ The Foundry 2015

Bought some horrible wine from Ten Green Bottles @ Ten Green Bottles 2015

Had brunch in Cafe Delice

Had tapas in a Spanish wine cellar

Swimtastic weekend @ Royal Hotel 2015

Was certainly regretting not not drinking last night this morning

Christmas eve at The Deck? @ Costa 2014

Good trip to France

Must... fight... cynicism... nnnn...

Revisiting my RF Butler

Very clever move labelling booze with calories

Someone at bowling had a bad day

Wine - The French - A largish country across the English Channel. Visable from Folkestone on a clear day. @ Dance Easy 2014

Oh yeah I went OUT last Friday @ Bramley's 2014

London midweek weekender part four @ Plum Tree Cafe 2014

Anniversary night out part 2 @ Rocksalt 2014

Folkestone Beer Festival 26th September! @ Dance Easy 2014

Lovely weekend

Birthday weekender: Soprano's @ Soprano's 2014

Super birthday weekender

Action packed weekend part 3 @ Terracotta 2014

Follow up to a previous rare night out @ Sandgate Hotel 2014

Saffron

An unexpected night out! @ Princess of Shoreditch 2014

Where did the super long weekend go?

Two nights of computering

Our kitchen tap broke @ Kipps' Ale House 2014

Dream day out @ The Harp Bar 2014

Robot sommelier

Weekend

Austerity measures starts today

The Wine Vaults @ The Vaults 2013

Lin's Thai Cafe

Serendipity @ Hole In The Wall 2013

Vinorium revised opening hours

Splash

Mmm lovely news story about The Cormorant in Portchester

A trip to IKEA

Good range of beer + wine making kit for sale locally!

Weekend hacks

Number two son started crawling

Converted my node test skeleton generator to mocha

DIY electrics

Made my own hummus, and hand mowed the lawn

We went to Maidstone in the end

Suede charity barfly gig @ Barfly 2013

Bits and pieces sort of day

Vinopolis: GOOD

Off to Vinopolis tomorrow

still learning

Not as productive a day as it might have been

A couple of days off

Did check out the new wine shop in Canterbury today too

Super christmas

Creative Quarter Open Galleries Night Thursday 8 November 2012 6pm - 8pm @ Chambers 2012

Red Dwarf X

A night of good sleep, following another night of poor sleep

Great weekend in Watergate Bay @ Newquay Watergate Bay 2012

RE: The 66 - new restaurant in Sandgate - 16657

RE: The 66 - new restaurant in Sandgate - 16656

Turkey 2012 - we stayed at Hotel Turquoise

Ooh see me in the paper (possibly) @ The Grand 2012

I can't believe my Nan has a better telly than me

Cider / wine press for sale!

Southsea Fest is on again @ Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms 2012

Fitter, happier, more productive

Lazy weekend

Clare is back!

Southsea Fest was GOOD @ Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms 2011

Where did my holiday go (part three)?

Where did my holiday go (part two)?

Very successful day

Curry night was good

ROCKSALT FOLKESTONE @ Rocksalt 2011

Wireless Weekend (the long version) @ Hyde Park 2011

Good weekend at Mum and Dad's part the third @ The Seagull 2011

Went to Thailand Tom last Saturday @ Thailand Tom 2011

Dinner party @ Brockhill Cafe 2011

Confusing new year @ Leicester Square Theatre 2011

Happy end of 2010 @ Prezzo 2010

Secret santa

Seasons greetings @ The Crown 2010

Work christmas party kind of spoiled by snow @ Tiger Inn 2010

Made it to London and back in the snow @ Betjeman Arms 2010

Cage Against The Machine @ Brixton Academy 2010

Sing and Sign bloodbath @ Kidz Planet 2010

Stewart Lee was ace @ Leicester Square Theatre 2010

Eurofair @ Dane John Gardens 2010

Semi fiascous weekend

Last day of packing done, I think

Lightening the load for the move on Friday

Our big holiday in Winchester

Even this broken PSP just went for 30 quid

A sensibly early night

Lovely birthday @ Zizzi 2010

Today is the 20th anniversary

Ah good we were going to Canterbury to buy the boy some shoes anyway! @ Karl's Good Food 2010

His Holiness?

He cries in the night, Daddy whispers baby it's OK @ Googies Art Cafe 2010

Bon Jovi tickets, only 1100 @ O2 Arena 2010

I might struggle to find a barrel that's big enough to use as a shed

Spanish promotion all this week at Karl's @ Karl's Good Food 2010

Maybe I can make a shed out of a barrel...

What a cracking day @ Wagamama 2010

Natural Wines at Karl's this Thursday @ Karl's Good Food 2010

Lovely long weekend

In case there's anyone reading the blog but not the twitter... @ Leas Cliff Hall 2010

Freshly prepared food? Try frozen! @ Sandgate Hotel 2010

Forthcoming Lone Star Comedy Club events @ Lanterns 2010

Run to Gatwick and back was fine today

Wait a moment...

Riverford Organic cookery demonstration at Number 11 @ Number 11 2010

Nicely matured vintage ale

I still have a bottle (empty though)

RE: Boys night in - 13352

Boys night in

Chilean Chocolan Shiraz on the tasting table at Karl's Good Food @ Karl's Good Food 2010

Our trip to Dublin (part one)

Fareham space squirrels

KISS VIP hospitality package at Wembley @ Wembley Arena 2010

Hot head, cold feet

Some unusual gems for you on the Tasting Table this weekend..... @ Karl's Good Food 2010

Hot links of the day

More vino

Escaped the snow today @ Karl's Good Food 2010

Expensive bottle of wine on the tasting table at Karl's this weekend @ Karl's Good Food 2010

Snow joke getting in today

Still Suede tickets available @ Royal Albert Hall 2010

New and Events at Number Eleven restaurant, The Old High Street, Folkestone @ Number 11 2010

Weekend and that @ Quarterhouse 2010

Wine tasting this weekend at Karl's Good Food @ Karl's Good Food 2010

RE: I'll show you the regeneration of Folkestone RIGHT HERE! - 13234 @ The Elizabethan 2010

Water babies

Karl's tasting table at Karl's Good Food @ Karl's Good Food 2010

Day 2 of clean and healthy living already, this is easy @ Chambers 2010

Post christmas / pre work blues @ Chambers 2009

Ate the seven bird vegan roast

Habitat Radius table and chairs, starting cheap! @ Twickenham Stadium 2009

KISS VIP packages are more affordable than I thought! @ Wembley Arena 2009

Spend it quick before it all goes

Tonight's menu @ Sandbanks Restaurant 2009

Last day for your 10 Prezzo meal deal today @ Prezzo 2009

Another lovely weekend @ Lord Arthur Lee (Wetherspoons) 2009

Weekend treats @ Portsmouth Guildhall 2009

RE: Sadly disappointed with La Tavernetta - 12968 @ La Tavernetta 2009

Update from The Hermitage @ The Hermitage 2009

Went to Bluewater @ Waterstone's 2009

Splendid weekend

GOOD holiday in Canterbury @ House of Agnes 2009

Back to front weekend

Nice day so far...

The best day of all

Thirty-seven! @ Brockhill Country Park 2009

Who says I'm unqualified? @ Utopia 2009

Planet Of The Grapes

Chest of drawers: collected

Emergency trip to hospital! @ Gurkha Palace 2009

New opening times for Karl's (Canterbury) @ Karl's Good Food 2009

Nircom Babysense ll Movement/Sound Monitor

Gate 28 looking FRIGHTENING! @ Gate 28 2009

Our day out

Special events at the New Inn @ The Gatekeeper 2009

Saw a GREAT house at the weekend

Two Dine for 10 (two courses plus glass of wine). @ Sandgate Hotel 2009

BYOB promotion at the Hermitage @ The Hermitage 2009

Anywhere I roam (part 1.5)

Still no review of The Cure then @ O2 Arena 2009

What did I tell you?

RE: Bar Vasa moving to Tontine Street? - 12245

Went back to Escondido on Saturday @ Escondido 2009

Had a great valentines day

Allotment: very good! @ The Allotment 2009

The New Inn February newsletter @ The Gatekeeper 2009

Seven second pint @ IndigO2 2009

Coldplay with Girls Aloud??? @ Wembley Stadium 2009

Remember: Eurotunnel is not as good as you think it is going to be

Bumping into friends in London

Backstage at Elton John's new year's eve party... @ O2 Arena 2008

Great weekend (belated weeekend-o-blog)

Splendid weekend of comedy, food, double dinners, and everything

Nice weekend

Sandbanks Restaurant, The Pavilion, Wear Bay Road - Sat 23rd Aug @ Sandbanks Restaurant 2008

Sandbanks menu @ Sandbanks Restaurant 2008

Free bottle of wine at Pizza Express @ Pizza Express 2008

Free food at Pizza Express @ Pizza Express 2008

Sotirio's Restaurant, Hythe @ Sotirio's 2008

Our actual first day in Key West

Day two in Key West

RE: wg111 (wifi) + ubuntu (linux) still not playing nicely - 11188

Plane crash latest and insider scoop, from your Kent correspondent @ Thomas Ingoldsby 2008

Easter events at The Hermitage @ The Hermitage 2008

Mothers day update from The George in Rye @ The George 2008

Quiet few days

"No daft names to consider, no clever descriptions to confuse"

Weekend! Curry! Spazzy twitches! Everything! @ Cafe Tusk 2008

RE: Sadly disappointed with La Tavernetta - 10904 @ La Tavernetta 2008

Today's walk around Canterbury

Been quiet for a few days @ Everest Inn 2007

Festive Fun @ Chambers 2007

That's work done then @ Zizzi 2007

If a picture paints a thousand words...

Hell yeah, encouragement, that's what I need! @ Abode 2007

Free bonus bit of decoration

RE: The first rule of wine club - 10743

The first rule of wine club

Particularly fulsome weekend, with curries.

Weekend train fun

What's that, you'd like to buy an ad on my site? @ Tipsy Pigeon 2007

Mulled wine! And BEER!

What rugby?

Rugby, RESULT

The sister-in-law's waters have just broken

Weekend good @ Escondido 2007

Up to our HIPs (geddit?!?!?) @ Ship Inn 2007

I love the smell of salami in the morning

Canterbury weekender

This quiz is getting less fun @ Ship Inn 2007

Even I'm getting bored of the man with no face now

Kings of quiz @ Castle Hotel 2007

Tim's Vinos and Tapas @ Jon's Vinos Y Tapas 2007

Magic darts @ The Daniel Defoe 2007

Too much

Belated weekend roundup

Monday morning roundup

RE: An update from Timothy's Wine Bar - 9725

There's a nice run of pubs right by Whitehall @ Gordon's wine bar 2006

RE: Damp and other delights - 9700

Yesterday's news

Monkeys on viagra

The Folkestone People's History Centre to hold 'Dig for History' event @ Folkestone People's History Centre 2006

Tim's Vinos and Tapas review (slight return) @ Jon's Vinos Y Tapas 2006

First trip to Truffles @ Terracotta 2006

Hot weekend

Weekend fun

ZZ blows his top

A big wine glass

All mine all mine @ Escondido 2006

RE: Got one! - 8188

Oof, bum arse service in The Jackdaw @ The Jackdaw 2006

The perfect crime

It's Not Easy Being Green

Weddingtastic weekender @ The Coal Hole 2006

So, super weekend

"Folkestone's Premier Tapas place" @ Jon's Vinos Y Tapas 2006

And we did return to Escondido @ Escondido 2006

Escondido review @ Escondido 2006

I have a dream

ah but do they offer a free crate of wine to new applicants?

More furniture

RE: Timothy's Wine Bar - 4124

RE: Yeah, but new it's 500 quid - 4119

Blee, spew, etc

Bank holiday WEEKENDER! @ The Porterhouse Public House 2005

Wagamama review @ Wagamama 2005

3849

Gate 28 @ Gate 28 2005

Pub golf

oh cleva pauly

RE: Timothy's Wine Bar - 3280 @ Jon's Vinos Y Tapas 2005

Bad Curry @ The India 2005

COCKS @ The Lark In The Park 2005

Eastender's Phil Mitchell and Minty

2637

The Fireplace

La Vue

Timothys wine bar @ Jon's Vinos Y Tapas 2005

Manic Tuesday @ Chambers 2004

Weekend update @ The View 2004

Shanel's Brasserie @ Bistro 2004

Folkestone, safest place in the country @ Harvey's 2004

Splish Splash!

More Mushroom Magic @ Bedgebury Pinetum 2004

Folkestone mushroom magic

Recycling - KCC Recycling Centres

1944

Shanel's Brasserie @ Bistro 2004

Timothy's Wine Bar

Timothy's Wine Bar @ Jon's Vinos Y Tapas 2004

Timothy's Wine Bar @ Jon's Vinos Y Tapas 2004

RE: Timothy's Wine Bar - 1583

RE: Timothy's Wine Bar - 1582 @ Jon's Vinos Y Tapas 2004

RE: Timothy's Wine Bar - 1578

Paul's @ Tipsy Pigeon 2004

RE: Timothy's Wine Bar - 1562

CSS

RE: Timothy's Wine Bar - 1552

RE: Timothy's Wine Bar - 1545

Hayley from Corrie

An update from Timothy's Wine Bar @ Jon's Vinos Y Tapas 2004

Daytripper, one way ticket yeah

Timothy's Wine Bar @ Jon's Vinos Y Tapas 2004

Folkestone restaurant disappointment @ Jon's Vinos Y Tapas 2004

Weekender @ Jon's Vinos Y Tapas 2004

RE: Timothy's Wine Bar - 906 @ Harvey's 2004

Timothy's Wine Bar @ Jon's Vinos Y Tapas 2004

Nobody Inn

Rail confusion and the curse of me

Damon Albarn @ Neighbourhood 2003

Frozen balls @ Il Bacio 2003

My bank ought to be turned into a trendy wine bar!

Spitalfields

A night out in Stoke Newington @ The Daniel Defoe 2003

I bet he drinks Carling Black Label @ Finsbury Park 2003

Squirrel Surprise

Eating in Alcudia

Royal Bengal @ The Daniel Defoe 2003

Birdcage was too loud

Ian Lavender, you know, Pike off Dads Army

Tramp in a wine bar

Lauren laverne (or Sarah off Eastenders)

Terry Christian

Fly Christmas @ Barfly 2000

Miscellanous