Sunday, November 08, 2009

And another little sip won't do us any harm!

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It is perhaps fortunate, in oh so many ways, that my notes from the Champagne Tasting that I went to in Sitges last night seem to have been ...
Thursday, November 05, 2009

Such larks!

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Terrassa was, as usual a festering bed of contagion. I refer of course to The Nephews who seem to harbour disease as naturally as Portsmouth...
Wednesday, November 04, 2009

The joy of the open road!

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There is a sort of equilibrium in my mornings. If there is sunshine then I can expect the traffic to be much worse than usual. Today was a g...
Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Dinner saves the day

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Life cannot be all bad when the evening meal that you rustle up consists of stuffed vine leaves; homemade stew; freshly baked bread; Greek y...
Monday, November 02, 2009

To shop is to live

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The morning is just opening up. There are livid golden rifts in the clouds and dusty rays of light are illuminating the pink and purple haze...
Sunday, November 01, 2009

It's what I do

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Sunday afternoon: lying out on the third floor balcony in a pair of shorts soaking up the sun and listening to a BBC Radio 4 programme on Le...
Saturday, October 31, 2009

Lazy weekend?

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A two hour lie-in this morning meant that I got up at half past eight. That is something to think about! I am glad to say that I frittered ...
Wednesday, October 28, 2009

It's all a game!

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Today I weakened and took ‘The Final Empire’ into school with me and read it before the start of lessons, at lunchtime and in the free perio...
Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Books are back!

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I walked out of the meeting at the stated end time. This was yet another revolutionary action taken by me in this strange school. My other a...

The Dreadful Day!

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In the true scheme of things, I should now be luxuriating in the knowledge that today was the first day of a week long holiday. Ah! Cruel fa...
Sunday, October 25, 2009

Now it starts!

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First things first: the dearth of cards has been addressed by witty effusions from Ceri and Dianne, the Pauls, Louise and Hadyn. So that’s a...
Saturday, October 24, 2009

UNKITED NATIONS DAY!

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The count-down has begun! My bus pass is but 365 days away! We have recovered from the disaster of the missed plane and we are assuming that...
Friday, October 23, 2009

Best laid plans etc

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Good news: Paul got the job and so the decline of education is official! He is a head teacher! Bad news: a three hour drive from Cardiff to ...
Thursday, October 22, 2009

Where is the sun?

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Thunder, lightning and lashing rain. Appalling driving conditions with standing water on the roads and the gutters flowing freely with newly...
Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Observation and assessment

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“It must have been good; I didn’t fall asleep.” Thus the judgement of a sixth former I asked giving his opinion of a speaker who visited the...
Monday, October 19, 2009

A visit to mark - so to speak

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No nearer to finding a venue for the United Nations Day celebrations ad I have now decided not to worry as Toni is hors de combat with a str...
Sunday, October 18, 2009

I defy augury

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In spite of my not completing a symbolic piece of marking on Friday evening all the marking that I had to do has been done. It was a case of...
Saturday, October 17, 2009

Art For Ever!

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What a delight not to get up at half past six. Thus rested I threw myself at culture in Barcelona. My new bank, La Caixa, spends some of its...
Friday, October 16, 2009

To sleep perchance . . .

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Today, disturbingly enough, even without dramatic lighting the hills of Sant Boi looked pleasingly dramatic as I zoomed past them on a gener...
Thursday, October 15, 2009

A tick of the light

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Sant Boi de Llobregat was looking particularly lovely as I drove home this evening. Perhaps you have to live in this area to sense the true ...