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The Thomases’ Grand Antipodean Adventure (3) – Sydney
As promised last time around, next stop on the trip was Sydney. Flight time from Singapore was about 7.5 hours, which wasn’t really enough for a solid night’s sleep between Qantas squeezing another dinner into us and them waking us … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Church, Friends, General, Nature, Photography, Singapore, travel, wildlife
Tagged Australia, Circular Quay, Darling Harbour, eastern water dragon, fish, lorikeet, Manly Beach, nature, photography, Qantas, Shelley Beach, Sydney, Sydney aquarium, Sydney harbour bridge, Sydney opera house, travel, Wildlife, William Duncan Munro IV, Wobbly Kea
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The Thomases’ grand antipodean adventure (2) – Singapore
Singapore Following on from my previous post, 12 and a half hours of flying later and we landed, about 1 degree north of the equator in the lovely city of Singapore. Changi airport is (for those used to London Heathrow) … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Friends, General, Photography, Singapore, travel
Tagged Antipodean Adventure, Clarke Quay, dim sum, Din Tai Fung, Food, Marina Bay, Raffles, Singapore, Singapore Sling, The Thomases, travel
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The Thomases’ Grand Antipodean Adventure (1)
The first of many! At the end of 2012, Mrs T and I set-off for a big trip – three and a half weeks visiting Australia and New Zealand. Our “excuse” for making the trip was that we wished to … Continue reading
Wine and Cheese
Time to actually blog again, and hopefully in a more interesting way! The other day I, my fiancée, and four very good friends decided to have a wine and cheese evening. It had been brewing for some time, as we … Continue reading
Posted in Friends, Oxford, People, wine
Tagged bordeaux, burgundy, canapés, cheese, claret, friendship, margaux, oxford wine, sauternes, st émilion, wine, wine and cheese
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Working away
Like so many people’s, my job often involves periods away from home, and now is one of those times. Far from Oxfordshire, I’m currently (for two weeks) living out of a suitcase in a hotel in Ramsbottom (comedy name, not … Continue reading
Posted in Friends, Oxford, People
Tagged Lancashire, Quasimodal, Simon MacHale, working away from home, Yorkshire
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Boating!
My friend Helen lives on a houseboat, which is convenient, since like a snail she can take her home with her. The other weekend she decided to use the boat to get to a wedding, and requested some company/help returning … Continue reading
Posted in Friends, General, People
Tagged Friends, houseboat, photos, river Thames, Ruddy Duck, sunshine, travel, wine
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Babies – no, not mine
Just a brief note today- I had the great joy of finally meeting one of my longest friends’ baby today (cue debate on apostrophe position … ). Bethany is now one and cirumstances have prevented me meeting her up until … Continue reading
Quasimodal (3)
Another day, another Quasimodal gig. This one, however, was a little different. For a start it took place on my birthday (woohoo!), and it wasn’t late in the evening in a dark basement – it was at 6pm in a … Continue reading
Posted in Friends, Gigs, Music, Quasimodal
Tagged Alon Schab, birthday, Button Factory, Dowland, free gigs, Half Set, muic, Notwist, Piedescalso, Quasimodal, Radiohead, Simon MacHale
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Fun times and Second Test
Life is currently good! Last night I enjoyed some wonderful Alsace wine with some of my best friends, and now it’s Friday. Fridays of course are always good – it’s the weekend, but today is a particularly good Friday. In … Continue reading
Posted in cricket, Friends, wine
Tagged 2nd test, alsace, Collingwood, cricket, England, Flintoff, Friends, New Zealand, Old Trafford, trips, wine
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Quasimodal (2)
Simon and Alon played an excellent gig in Shine in Dublin last night. Their 35 minute slot was the last of three, and by the time we’d waited for the football (being shown downstairs) to end and the music to … Continue reading
Posted in Friends, Gigs, Music, Quasimodal
Tagged Alon Schab, Catherine MacHale, free gigs, Gigs, Music, Quasimodal, Simon MacHale
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