Today I went to Hay on Wye, where there are about thirty or so bookshops. While driving there I went through some really nice English countryside, but I didn’t stop because I thought I could get the photographs on the way home. Which was a stupid thing to think, because the light had changed and ...

At last, I have finished reading The Horse Whisperer, a book by Nicholas Evans. It’s been one of those books which has been a struggle to finish. I don’t like reading stuff where people have affairs and the author is writing it as if they’re doing the right thing. It just does my head in, ...

Hooray – I’ve got a card reader for my CompactFlash cards, so now I can get the pictures out of my camera and onto my computer again. So here’s a picture from the weekend away. I didn’t take anything worth putting on the photos page.

This past weekend was the last ever New Horizons Church Weekend Away and as usual, I really enjoyed it. As well as lots of sitting around chatting to old friends and making new friends, I also did archery on Saturday and rock climbing on Sunday. In one go at archery (four shots) I got two ...

Actually, the times, they a-changed a while ago now. Its the weather that’s a-changing at the moment. This evening, after going to Ristorante Etna for Jon-Man’s leaving meal (where I had the best steak I’ve had for ages), we went down to The Glasshouse and sat round a table outside and had a few drinks, ...

When I shared a house with Dave and Mark they kept trying to persuade me to go climbing, but I never did. But a few weeks ago I went for the first time and really enjoyed it, so now I have a harness and shoes and stuff like that and I’ve been once more and ...

In the last week I drove approximately one and a half thousand miles. On Tuesday I drove to York where I met up with Nomi and Bonny and looked around the town and bought a sword. We stayed the night at a hostel (with a glowy light just after the steepy hill) near Harrogate, and ...