Category Archives: The Illusive Man At Large

Bletchley Park

I had been meaning to go to Bletchley Park for a long time. I was planning to go last year, but 2012 turned out to be rather more hectic and eventful than I had foreseen and I never got to go. Well, one took the proverbial bull by its proverbial horns, and today the Illusive [...]

Topless beach

Yesterday was the best day of the week in terms of weather. As such it made perfect sense to take a drive out to the coast. I wasn’t driving though: my good friend Neil has recently (within the last couple of weeks) treated himself to a new car, a Fiat 500C – and the good [...]

I like trucking…

The other week the folks and I took advantage of the nice weather and drove out to the coast at Barmouth. The place was absolutely heaving with people and it took an age to find somewhere to park. Initially I thought the 30 minute slot I found on the street front was all I was [...]

What a shit of a day

Well. Today was certainly interesting, if one uses an unconventional definition of that word. I was in London yesterday, and planned on returning to see my folks this morning. I was up nice and early for the 06:24 London Midland service from Euston to Crewe, which I would have used until Stafford, the nearest proper [...]

Critical damage

Well. Where to start. Was heading through Euston station to get my train this morning, when I reached THE ESCALATOR. I have defeated this encounter many times in the past, but this time it appeared to have Taken A Level In Badass and upgraded itself to a full-blown Boss Battle. This thing cast a Fumble [...]

Bully

I’ve been mucking about in Birmingham today, and whilst there I happened to spot that Bully The Bull Ring Bull has been all dressed up for the Jubilee and Olympics. Doesn’t he look smart? (Click for a larger view)

Efficiency: Part the Second

More driving has been done… And the results are still spectacular. At the moment I have a 92 mile one-way drive to where I’m currently working. I reset my MPG counters in the morning after filling up for the drive down – when I arrived at the office car park, my MPG counter showed the [...]

Efficiency

I’ve been out and about doing some driving today, catching up with friends I haven’t seen for some time. It was a nice relaxing day, and when I got home I noticed the average MPG figure on my car’s dashboard… (Click for larger view) Yes, that does say 61.3 MPG. Over 200 miles driven and [...]

Messing about on the river

Having very little on today, I decided to go with the folks for a trip on a narrow-boat over the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and around the Welsh canals. Very relaxing (apart from the first 10 minutes in which the PA system on the boat sounded like someone was constantly blowing a massive raspberry down it…) the [...]

Natural History Museum

I wasn’t my usual lazy self this weekend. I managed to drag myself out of my pit and to the Natural History Museum. Its a free attraction in central London, a short walk from South Kensington tube. Despite the planned closures across the tube network over the weekend as part of the upgrade works, the [...]