Category Archives: Friends

The Thomases’ Grand Antipodean Adventure (3) – Sydney

Posted on Sunday April 14, 2013 by

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 →

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The Thomases’ grand antipodean adventure (2) – Singapore

Posted on Sunday March 24, 2013 by

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 →

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The Thomases’ Grand Antipodean Adventure (1)

Posted on Sunday March 17, 2013 by

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 →

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Wine and Cheese

Posted on Tuesday April 19, 2011 by

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 →

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Working away

Posted on Thursday April 30, 2009 by

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 →

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Boating!

Posted on Sunday April 26, 2009 by

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 →

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Babies – no, not mine

Posted on Saturday April 25, 2009 by

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 →

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Quasimodal (3)

Posted on Wednesday June 11, 2008 by

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 →

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Fun times and Second Test

Posted on Friday May 23, 2008 by

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 →

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Quasimodal (2)

Posted on Thursday May 22, 2008 by

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 →

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