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All Good Things….

On Saturday 1st Feb, the landlord of my local pub, Jim Whiteside of The Moorbrook Inn, Preston, finally called time after 16 years behind the bar and headed off to enjoy his retirement. It was a night of tears, laughter, and great drinking prowess, and by the hour of closing, we’d drank the place completely … Continue reading »

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40 Things: Go the length of the Lancaster Canal in a pedalo…

…while playing a rock n roll tour along the way.   Yep,  did it. 42 miles, pedalling all the way (if I stopped, so did the pedalo). Carried nothing but a guitar and change of clothes. Cycled to the start of the canal at Tewetfield from Edinburgh beforehand. Took three days. Hurt like hell. Raised … Continue reading »

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in the wreckage

    She was lithe, lean exceptionally so and to be fair, it fascinated me and she kissed like she was on a curfew and that gave me the toots so we necked on a park bench as the dawn came in by the river and I think both of us would have took it … Continue reading »

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40 Things: Carlisle – Penrith – Shap – Kendal Tuesday 3rd Sept

3.50pm That was it. Bugger this, I was getting off and walking. I’d got up to the peak of the hill after a ride that took it’s toll on my hips almost as soon as the road began to rise, stopped off at the top, done a quick report into the camera, took a leak … Continue reading »

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40 Things: Galalshiels – Hawick – Longsands – Carlisle: Monday 2nd Sept

The young gent with the three McDonalds stars on his apron leaned over my table nervously as I tucked into my sausage and egg Mcmuffin. “The manageress has asked if you could move your tent in twenty minutes, as you’re on private property”. I grunted with a nod and replied in the affirmative. That’s the … Continue reading »

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