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Pilgrimage to Strachan – Trilogy
Pilgrimage to Strachan – Part One
Pilgrimage to Strachan – Part Three
Pilgrimage to Strachan – Part Two
Sonnets of Pretention
Sanctuaire de Kaleidoscopique
Rite of Passage
Plummeting
Delusions of Grandma
Loco Motives
Visions On Vine
Legacy
Paean World
Animals Aren’t We
Nowhere Man On The Hill
Delay the Flight
Job Judgemental
O’night Dream
The Only Outlet
Woodhouse Man
Prose From The Patio
Sour Sonnet to Carcinoma
Prose From The Patio
Utopia In Sock Tags
New Dawn at LS11?
Airing of Sale De Lavage
Biting The Hand That Nourishes
Flotsam & Jetsam
What Identity Crisis?
Part of the Reality Show
Service Levels Over Spirit Levels
Conversations Around The Coven
In Search O’ Four Holy Grails
Sonnet Spontaneous
Pomme Musique Memories
Cack Handed Poeme d’amour
Domain Dismal
Rhymes – Though Not For The Nursery
What Gives Aura & Aurai?
Nowhere Plans For Nobody
Random
Empty Cage
The Entitled Species
That’s Nice
Legacy of the Loathsome
Prose In Repose
And When They Were Up….
A Life in Caricature
Malice Revisited
Proud Legacy To Dolls
Vinyl Voyage
Options D’Indesirables
Cack Handed Poeme d’amour
Domain Dismal
Rhymes – Though Not For The Nursery
What Gives Aura & Aurai?
Where There’s A Will
Nowhere Plans For Nobody
Waiting Room Rambles
Rambles From The Waiting Room
More Tales From The Waiting Room
Inane Garden Ramble
Book Biographies
August Blogs – 2018
September Blogs 2018
Archived Blogs 2017
January Blogs 2017
Sutton Dressed As Lamb
December Blogs – 2017
Opera – Compositions, Conducting & Consumption
Business As Usual
Guess Who’s Coming For Dinner
A Case Of Mistaken Identity
Where Were You When?
In A State Of Veg Rotation
“You Catch More Honey With Flies!”
Spray Tan for Corbyn?
Chronicles From Around The Cauldron
Confusing The Chaffinches
Don’t Leave Me ‘arold!
French Fleece Philosophy
Roll On Spring
An Unexpected Rendevous
Mr Frears Had Sticky Out Ears
T-Shirt Clad Winter Tales
Now That’s What I Call Melancholic
Karen, Have You Recorded Truffles?
Paraskevidekatriaphobia
Sentiments of the Well Meaning
To My Mother, My Dog & Clowns
The Poor Man’s Alexa
Two Celtic Laments
Fighting The Hoarder Disorder
Is That David Attenborough, Gaz?
November Blogs – 2017
A Case In Point
February Blogs 2017
Lounge Loitering in Leeds
March Blogs 2017
A Diminishing Window Of Opportunity
I Was Watching Broadchurch
Mother’s Day Musings
2 Years Old Today
Cushty
You Win Again
April Blogs 2017
Almonds Are A Girls Best Friend
Not That Stevie Wonder Tape Again, Gary!
A Pointless Prize
May Blogs – 2017
Masking Tape Madness
The One With Thingy In
June Blogs – 2017
To Vote Labour, Dial 0891….
The North Wind Shall Blow
A Tale of the Bleeding Obvious
My Musical Sibling
He’s Whistling That ‘One The Buses’ Theme Again, Mal!
July Blogs – 2017
Surreal Storyboards
No More Heroes
Pound Shops, Eaten by Lions & Cliff
Finally Facing Your Waterloo
Sunrise, Sunset
Name Tag Mysteries
Neither Borrower Or Blender Be
Mally’s Family Tree Euphoria
All The World’s A Stage
Dear Gary……
Clangers You Wanted To Drop
September Blogs – 2017
Unlikely Televised Sports
Is It A Bird? Is It A Plane?
Cack Handed Poeme d’amour
Mazing On A Sunny Afternoon
Pub Dress Codes – 1980’s
Options D’Indesirables
Cupid Strikes In The Beaconsfield
Maggie’s Advice For Mrs Worthington
Vinyl Voyage
Respite In Spa Town
Wordplay in West Yorkshire
Just You Wait ‘Enry ‘Iggins!
August Blogs – 2017
It’s Matrimony
Family History with Strings Attached
The Reunion
Tending The Fludles
Who’s Keeping Score?
Race Day Recollections
My Waiting Room Buddy
But Mark The Rustic, Haggis Fed
Ode to Season Moribund
Though Shalt Not Wear Leather Elbow Pads
Bargain Hunting
A Carriage Unfit For A Princess
Walk On The White Side
Taxi for Kaufman
Slings & Arrows
October Blogs – 2017
A Kick in the Orbs of Atrocity
Claiming Squatters Rights at Jimmys
After Dinner Cordiality
Quite A Day!
My Second Home
Combating The Silent Killer
Dedication Is What You Need
Black Skies Are The New Blue
But I Was In The Top One!
How Do You Solve A Problem Like…..
“Time for Bed!”…. Boing
A Trilby & Smoke Rings
Gentleman
Omnibus Journey To Arx Celebris Fontibus
Best Laid Plans of Mice & Men
Is That Really Chris Rea’s Cousin?
Eggcentric Visiting Gifts
Recognition for a Quarter of an Hour
Kindly Disregard This Letter
Two Soups & A Pot Noodle
Position Incurable
Scales of Injustice
“Keep Reading!”
Literary Distraction
“Get The Door Will Ya, Barb!”
Succumbing To Those Sad Eyes
Better Late Than Never
The Spanish Inquisition
The Phoenix?
Smarter Than The Average Berra
Paying Off The Builders
Calm Before The Storm
The Wrong Pans
Good Evening All
Does Exactly What It Says On The Tin
Jeepers Creepers
A Foggy Day In Washington Town
Say Ahhh……
‘Appen
Dream Within A Dream
Strachan’s Sunday Spring Clean
Serenity in Stanley
City of City & United, United
The Wrath of Karma
Watching Sir Rog at the Low Fell Classic
Raising A Glass
Lexilogical Lessons in Leeds
Watch Out For That Candle, Ian!
What’s The Password?
Which St Michael’s Is It?
Knuckles Harrison’s Crombie
Mission Improbable
Peter Brown Called to Say…..
Mystery Solved
Grey Skies, Nothing But Grey Skies
Ornaments That Take The Biscuit
Wagner’s Terrier Fan Rhapsody
Turning The Music Down
Loud Response to a Silent Auction Bid
The Hydrangea And Tonto
Less Salubrious Family Traditions
Where Are The Clowns?
Who Do You Think You Are Lad…. Stirling Moss?
The Reluctant Scribe
Ill Thought Out Drinking Games
Storm In A Soufflé Ramekin
Visions of Consciousness
“Tapas For Table Twelve!”
Well, You Have Got a Very Big Nose!
Scott and the Scot
Good Riddance BST 2017!
Ending Nikita’s Cuban Threat to Camelot
Seeking the Spark
A New Literary Challenge
A Slow News Day
The Fraught Train
iBobbing for Apples
Salle Des Declencheurs
An Easy Choice
His First Name Is Horatio!
Pancake Day Ponderings
Family Feasting In LS1
Why Are You Wearing Flippers Mally?
Sweet Dreams Aren’t Made of This
You Probably Think This Blog Is About You……
An Anything But Brief Encounter
Fe Fi Fo Fum…..
Mysteron Mistruths
Taking Precautions
Prudence Amongst The Primulas
Practical Gift For A 50 Year Old
The Girl With Kaleidoscope Eyes
Bonding In The Minster’s Shadow
You Have Mail
Lazying On A Slightly Overcast Afternoon
Blue Sky Thinking
“He Wants Bleedin’ Milkin’, The Fat Get!”
Reflections
You Say Braising, I Say Bracing
Solitude & All Its Friends
A Happuth Of Chips
A Secret Family Recipe
Political Corridors of Uncertainty
Unlimited Food For Thought
Carry On D’Campo
March, Spring Altogether
The Saviours Of Soul
Tired Out, Tired In
Judging A Book By Its Cover!
The Paradox of Trigger’s Broom
He’s A Poet, But Doesn’t Know It
Who’s Eric Then, Mal?
Who’s Eric Then, Mal?
Anecdotes During The Anthems
Wintertide at Roundhay
The Fallibility of Science
What Is Love?
Lumbar Pain Revisited
One I Prepared Earlier
Dr X Marks The Spot
Tea For Four & Four For Tea
Non-Quantitative Easing
You Named Me What?!
Give Peas A Chance
Tale As Old As Time
The Mystery Of The Drum Roll
Helps You Work, Rest & Play
A Landmark of Sorts
Desperately Seeking Creativity
They Seek Him Here……
The Apple of My Eye
It’s Good To Talk
A Bon Voyage Dinner
Stag Do in The Shadow of the Castle
No Message Taken
Magnanimous Mike
Howard’s Way
Joanie, Mindy & Ralph’s Freckles
Raising a Glass to St George
Inner Tranquillity in Outer Whitby
The Black Puddings Black Today, Mother!
Listeners Never Hear Any Good!
Pre-Minstrel Tension
Juggling Against The Odds
Climbing the Ladder
A Day of Abstinence
Are You Happy With Your Bins?
The Wild West Cup Final Replay
Essence of Norman Hunter
Never The Twain Shall Meet
Green Army
Just My Imagination
Just Ask Andy Dawson’s Barber!
The Taunting Blank Page
No Smoke Without Fire
Facial Hair Conundrums
All Fools Day
Shylock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
Losing Two Days on a Whisky Diet
The Consummate Showman
Chaste Paper & Beard Conundrums
Uncertainty On Surreal Street
The Day My Boy Was Born
Politics, Weather & the Poems of Fermal Undies
Tomorrow’s Big Decision
Voting By Ordeal
Inanity Fuelled Family Bonding
Political Uncertainty – The Gift That Just Keeps Giving!
Quite A Day!
A Breezy Birthday BBQ
A ‘Telling Off’ From Mater
“Get Bates On, Revie!”
The Forgettable Birthday Gift
Tales from ‘The Fell’ Scorebox – Part 1
Tales from ‘The Fell’ Scorebox – Part 2
GFCC Juniors – Class of ’80
Paternal Appreciation Day
Return To The Waiting Room
Sing Us A Song Piano Man
Reducing That Carbon Footprint
Have You Put The Irish Lottery On, Mags?
Solving A Conundrum
Ten Things You Didn’t Know
The Hat-Trick Hero
Food For Thought
Clickity Clack – Weatherman
Pretentious Prose
Hilda Chinwag
Arthur’s Pre-Op OCD
From Gelatin To The Grapevine
Good Riddance June
Hello Stranger!
Sour Sonnet to Carcinoma
Prose From The Patio
Woodhouse Man
Uncle Sam’s 241st Birthday
A Race Against Time
The Only Outlet
The Waiting Game
O’night Dream
The Mysterious Glare
Job Judgemental
Better Call Hutz!
Delay the Flight
Carry On Pater
Nowhere Man On The Hill
The Only Outlet
The Waiting Game
O’night Dream
The Mysterious Glare
Job Judgemental
Better Call Hutz!
Delay the Flight
Job Judgemental
Carry On Pater
Nowhere Man On The Hill
You Can Go Now!
Animals Aren’t We
TTOTB
Paean World
Watching The Gee Gees
Legacy
Two Eras of Intrepid Explorers
Visions On Vine
Light At The Tunnel’s End?
Loco Motives
Pleading The Fifth In The Forth
Delusions of Grandma
One Small Step….
Plummeting
The Anchor’s Away, Hamish
Rite of Passage
New Outlet Sought
A Legen In His Own Lunchtime
Sanctuaire de Kaleidoscopique
Caught Between Baroque & Hard Place
New Dawn at LS11?
Much Awaited Homecoming
Utopia In Sock Tags
Blog 800 – Collective Thoughts
The Diminishing Bucket List
Glad To Have You Back
Pings Ain’t What They Used To Be
Biting The Hand That Nourishes
Small Steps to Recovery
Airing of Sale De Lavage
Small Redesign, Big Consequence
Flotsam & Jetsam
Booze Cruise
You Cannot Be Serious!
The Folly of Self-Diagnosis
What Identity Crisis?
Relationship Advice From Georgie B
Part of the Reality Show
Time For A Break?
Service Levels Over Spirit Levels
Painting the Town Incandescent Stewpot
Commentary Provided By…
Ramblings From The Park Bench
Conversations Around The Coven
My Bruvver
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow?
In Search O’ Four Holy Grails
Pen On Pen
Sonnet Spontaneous
Which One’s Bodger?
Pomme Musique Memories
Seal Lions On A Shirt….
Proud Legacy To Dolls
Treading Father’s Footsteps
Malice Revisited
Lifestyle Tweaks
A Life in Caricature
Opus To My Offspring
Lunch Break Musings
Sojourn in the Fog
Charlie Says…..
Has Anyone Ever Told You…?
And When They Were Up….
Is That The Time?
Prose In Repose
Tick in the Box
Legacy of the Loathsome
Want That One!
That’s Nice
Summertime
The Entitled Species
The Cropping of Maggie’s Locks
Empty Cage
Didn’t He Do Well
Archived Blogs – 2018
January Blogs – 2018
February Blogs – 2018
March Blogs – 2018
April Blogs – 2018
May Blogs – 2018
June Blogs – 2018
July Blogs – 2018
August Blogs – 2018
August Blogs – 2018
September Blogs 2018
September Blogs 2018
October Blogs – 2018
November Blogs – 2018
December Blogs 2018
Archived Blogs 2019
January Blogs – 2019
February Blogs 2019
March Blogs 2019
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Last Bottle of Red
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A Right Small Glass
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