This week I went to Ireland, and I’ve just got back. We went on Monday afternoon and immediately after arriving drove right across to Galway where we stayed in a backpackers’ hostel. (Barnacles Quay Street – it was nice and clean, but I didn’t get much sleep because the other people in the dorm made ...

This afternoon I drove to Ashby de la Zouch to take some photos of the castle. I got there at half past three which only gave me half an hour before they closed. I did consider coming back later since there was only a small wooden fence, but it probably would have got too dark, ...

I’ve not knowingly heard Norah Jones before (although I’m sure I’ve heard her on the radio or TV at some point), but since Amazon keeps telling me to buy her latest album I did, although I got it from Virgin instead when I was in town this morning, looking for things to waste my money ...

This last weekend I went to Scotland again. I drove instead of flying this time. It took me six and a quarter hours to get there, with no problems until I driving along the Crieff – Comrie road. The engine started losing power, and stopped altogether just as I drew up outside Andrew’s house. Fortunately, ...

Yesterday I went into Gosford Books in Coventry to look for a book for a friend. I had a look over the novels section but didn’t see it. There didn’t seem to be any particular order to the books there anyway. So I asked the owner if he had the book. ‘The Four Feathers, by ...

My latest set of photos of Scotland are now available on the inappropriately named England Photos page. While I have a bit of space to fill here, I may as well mention Lifehouse, a band I discovered a few weeks ago. I’ve had their latest album Stanley Climbfall in my stereo nearly non-stop since then, ...

Last week I went up to Scotland again, under the pretence of doing web design. But in the end I hardly touched my computer, except to view photos from my digital camera. On Thursday a friend and I drove up to Inverness where we did some shopping and then went to the Dores Inn where ...