TGV

BySouthportRed May 20, 2016

Whizzing down through France. Left Paris at 7:30 and we’re now south of Bordeaux. Love French railways!
I run at 1:30 and Logrono at teatime.
Excited!!

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Another milestone
BySouthportRed January 4, 2025January 4, 2025
Headlights on Crocs!!!! Who Knew????? When I had my first consultation with my oncology consultant at Clatterbridge, I asked her for a prognosis and she wouldn’t give me more than 5 years. My immediate reaction was that I had far too much still to do to fit it all into 5 years. This was in…
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Nearly The Lakes
BySouthportRed October 3, 2015
Staveley is a village right on the edge of the Lake District National Park, and is one of those places you mostly drive straight past on your way elsewhere. Yesterday we decided to explore a bit having done a walk a couple of weeks ago on my Walking Weekend. The River kent flows out of…
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The Joy of Sport: Afternoon Pints and Fond Memories
BySouthportRed March 16, 2025March 16, 2025
I’m having a sporty week or so. Andy and I had one of our afternoons at Fylde Rugby yesterday. It’s a good oportunity to have a couple of pints and a natter while watching live sport that we don’t really understand and where the result doesn’t really matter to us. It’s nice to see Fylde…
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Immigration Man
BySouthportRed September 16, 2024March 10, 2026
For three weeks from the 18th of June, Heather and I were on holiday in France. As this period included the general election, we applied for postal votes which didn’t arrive before we left on holiday, meaning we could not vote. The results in our constituency, Fylde, were close. The Conservative candidate won but with…
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When you come to the end of the road
BySouthportRed February 13, 2025February 13, 2025
OK, I admit I’m a bit of a politics nerd. We have a subscription to The Guardian and a subscription to The Times and I usually read John Crace’s diary piece in The Guardian on Prime Minister’s Questions and sometimes Tom Peck’s sketch in The Times. For those who are unaware, the centrepiece of PMQs…
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Walks in Lancashire
Last of the Summer Wine……… Almost
BySouthportRed March 22, 2024March 10, 2026
Three of the 5 amigos A lovely day out yesterday around Wayoh and Turton & Entwistle reservoirs with some good mates. Despite the threat of rain, the weather ended up rather nice really and a good day was had by all. The picture is taken on the dam of the Turton & Entwistle reservoir which…
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