The only time that I had tried a moped was when Alison got one to go to and from Clacton. I tried it out but when Alison rode the moped she had a helmet and protective gear. Dave and Andy had tried out mopeds on our holiday in 1991 and it was decided that weContinue reading “I’m not the pleasure I used to be”
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Your beauty and virginity used like toys
My brother Michael loves the Manic Street Preachers, but I found them first and I still have the CD single of Stay Beautiful to prove it (ok it was their second single but that is not bad as their first was not heavily played). The band is almost two bands – the first three albumsContinue reading “Your beauty and virginity used like toys”
Extremes of sweet and sour
The first time we went exploring in Kos was on mopeds, but we had not been able to get round the island so in the second week Dave and Andy found a place to hire jeeps. This necessitated an even earlier start than the 9am for the mopeds – we were there at 8am. EveryoneContinue reading “Extremes of sweet and sour”
You Should Learn To Walk Before You Crawl
The end of a night out drinking usually means that you want food. Not just food but crap food as the alcohol puts the brain into starvation mode. In Brightlingsea back in the 80s the usual option was Chinese, though there was an Indian restaurant on and off (more often a sit down after aContinue reading “You Should Learn To Walk Before You Crawl”
Fuck them and their law
Is there anywhere in the UK that gets the bad rep that Essex does? We are stupid; have no taste; we all have spray tans, holiday in Marbella, shop at Lakeside and are obsessed with money. This started with the “Essex girl” jokes in the early 1990s, which were based on the erroneous assumption thatContinue reading “Fuck them and their law”
The thunder of guns
AC/DC are an Australian band that started in the 1970s. I had no idea who they were as, like a lot of heavy metal bands, they did not have hit singles in the UK. Clive Hook lent me a load of their albums on tape in the early summer of 1981. Their early albums areContinue reading “The thunder of guns”
This world is only going to break your heart
I think that this is the sexiest song ever and I thought that before the scene in Friends. Ross had been obsessed with Rachel in High School and after she arrived in New York he had wanted to ask her out, but circumstances always conspired against him. By the time Rachel finds out he lovesContinue reading “This world is only going to break your heart”
Walking to the sound of my favourite tune
Watching the England international team is an exercise in hope over experience. After 1970 England failed to qualify for a World Cup until 1982 so my in my formative years failure was the norm (in their defence only 16 teams qualified for the finals up until 1982). That meant that at the 1982 finals thereContinue reading “Walking to the sound of my favourite tune”
I feel stupid and contagious
You shouldn’t go back -especially with holidays. Not that you can’t revisit places – I have been to Venice and Florence but would like longer in both places. I mean that you cannot recreate a special holiday – something that is so brilliant and amazing. Going back is always going to be anti-climactic. Everything wasContinue reading “I feel stupid and contagious”
Exit Planet Dust
This is the start of the final 100 regular entries in this series. The X-Men started a trend for superhero movies that has lasted twenty years. It was always likely to be Spiderman – Marvel’s powerhouse title from the sixties to the eighties – or the X-Men that took its place as the sales juggernautContinue reading “Exit Planet Dust”
Five Miles Out 