I’m currently in stage 2 of the NHS (National Health Service) programme called ‘IAF’. This of course acronymises (and paraphrases) the popular phrase or saying ‘if at first you don’t succeed try, try again’… Trial and error being a well used medical technique bound by all the major laws of science. Having made no difference [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2008
The Penfold seven…
November 24, 2008 – 9:29 pm
…I’m slightly allergic to being tagged here at Papersurfer central. I come out in a memey coloured tag-train rash that screams ‘link to me link to me’. However – when the loverly Tango (grrr) tags me who am I to refuse her delightful request to divulge 7 things you wouldn’t care to know about Penfold… [...]
The World Blog Council…
November 22, 2008 – 12:58 pm
…somebody in that office actually took the time to send me this rejected certificate (probably that dried up old haddock Ms Tutt – the female equivalent of a git if I ever I met one). Everywhere I go that pompous wazzock (who thinks he’s a real Colonel) has been there before, spreading his outdated principals [...]
In the mist…
November 17, 2008 – 9:52 pm
…it’s been several weeks since I made it into the sea. My last visit to the Peniche peninsula was somewhat hampered by cranial mucous infestations so I was relegated to photographer on this obscenely offshore day at Molho Leste. I miss surfing when I’m landlocked. I miss the connection with the sea. I miss the [...]
Endoscopic introspection…
November 16, 2008 – 9:14 am
A couple of days ago a very nice man from Eastern Europe gently took some of my blood whilst asking me random questions about my health and peered into my eyes and ears. He then sent me for some chest and head X-rays (just to make sure that I hadn’t confused my sinus issues with [...]
Six hours in Santurzi…
November 13, 2008 – 6:02 pm
…not much to do in Santurzi on a Monday morning when your boat is late. Maybe have a coffee or listen to big swarthy men hitting big bits of metal with big manly hammers in the shipyard. Wander around for a bit. Sit over there for a bit. Wander over there and sit down again. [...]
Life on the open sea…
November 12, 2008 – 4:11 pm
…the Pride of Bilbao is a big boat. 12 storeys big. 6 restaurants, 5 bars, a casino, 2 cinemas and a swimming pool big but when we were heading out into the Bay of Biscay on Monday afternoon and the enormous ground swell that had marched across the Atlantic to greet us started tossing the [...]
Warning to all snails…
November 8, 2008 – 11:12 am
…keep alert during during these long winter evenings – extra hours of darkness and lower air temperatures severely increase your chances of being vandalised. By teeny tiny vandals. (Bigger version here) I didn’t surf today. (Thanks ‘Inner city snail‘ for most of the original picture!)