Tag Archives: brandy

CASTLES IN THE AIR

March 11, 2012 – 7:27 pm

Sunday 7:46 am. The view from my sofa. Sunday 10:45 am. Lo, she is a terrible Goddess announces she’s found me a boat! Sunday 11:23 am. Lo, she is a terrible Goddess  shows me the boat. Sunday 11:24 am. I decide to have another glass of brandy. Sunday 18:21 pm. What happened? I tell you, […]

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THE DANGERS OF TRAVEL

March 7, 2012 – 10:17 am

One of the recurring dangers of flying to Surfugal is the possibility of suffering a DVT. It would appear that last night I suffered from one. A double. As you probably know a DVT [Deep Vein Trombonitis] usually manifests itself with one leg, or in extreme cases both, suddenly getting longer and then shorter, resulting […]

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I’M ON HOLIDAY

November 13, 2011 – 7:14 pm

The palm trees sway or is it me? I’ve had a brandy or is it three? I should have stuck to Earl Grey tea Gotta go I need to pee.

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FLEXIBILITY

December 16, 2010 – 6:00 am

The selection of wines in Portugal has always been a bit of a disappointment. The reds, unless you go into the very expensive section, are to my taste rather robust – or in other words ‘rough’. The white wines also have a tendency to strip the stomach lining; there was a Vino Verde bottled for […]

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