I once heard an estate agent* say to a client (in a bright yet, sincere manner) ‘…it never rains here you won’t need any’. He was of course answering a query as to the lack of guttering on most of the old houses in Central Portugal. He was obviously elsewhere several years ago when it rained [...]
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I’d take the train…
November 6, 2011 – 11:58 am
As we all know commuting to work adds a certain drudgery to the day’s proceedings; the stuffy, crowded train carriage where you rattle to work with your head lodged into somebody’s armpit.
Kelly Slater wins World Championship Tour 2011
November 3, 2011 – 1:52 pm
As Kelly Slater wins an unprecedented 11th world surfing title at the Rip Curl Search event in San Francisco, hope for all middle aged, balding men surely has to augment.
Day 35 of the mumps saga…
September 17, 2011 – 10:38 am
Last week I watched all of my surf videos. Even Blue Crush. It started as an attempt to lift my spirits – to whisk me away to foreign shores where perfect waves meet perfectly placed boards in an inspirational aqueous ballet.
Caught between a rock and a social networking stream
August 27, 2011 – 3:12 pm
I have a blog. If you’re reading this and you weren’t aware of this fact then something is wrong… In fact I have three blogs. And a Twitter stream (again, in reality there are 3). I also have a plethera of facebook pages, mostly lying comatose in the dank and dusty corridors of a virtual [...]
Waiting for mumps…
August 26, 2011 – 11:00 am
Day 13: Quarantine is not so bad when you have the social life of Captain Virgil Hilts. Another few days and I’ll know whether my scotum will balloon to the size of a Spacehopper
Retro skate freak
August 26, 2011 – 10:13 am
Kilian Martin is an out and out freak of nature. I mean that in a good way of course. His mother must be very proud… His beautiful skills are finely displayed here by Brett Novak’s consumate film making abilities. A fine combination. Rather like a freshly seared steak of yellowfin tuna with a delicate spattering [...]
Size doesn’t matter…
July 6, 2011 – 5:58 pm
‘Size doesn’t matter!’… a puzzling phrase that my father used to mutter to himself a lot whilst rummaging in his man-shed. Very true of course in many respects…
