Darren Beale

Private sale: London house, E11

12. July 2007

With mixed feelings our lovely Victorian (1898) London house is for sale, privately. It’s in Leytonstone, E11 has woods and miles of common land at the end of the road (literally) and is one tube stop away from the new Olympic villiage (and Leyton Orient!). With 3 double bedrooms, 3 reception rooms, a cellar, lots [...]

Ozficici Salsa

24. June 2007

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For a while now I’ve been seeking the Holy Grail in salsas with my efforts to-date not really cutting it in both texture and subtlety stakes (though tasty enough and certainly spicy). So during this weekends Uptonbury I asked my mate Kurt Ozficici who’s a great cook for his recipe; he didn’t disappoint.

Le Mans 07

18. June 2007

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I just got back from my third visit to the Le Mans 24 hour race and it was a good one. For the previous 2 years we had circa 30 degree temperatures with no cloud cover and it really got unbearable so just to strike a balance this year we had rain, a lot of rain.

Sometimes it’s OK to be jealous

1. June 2007

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I just got this text: “On my way to see England v Brazil at Wembly….! In a mate’s box….!”

Things that suck about Mac OS X

21. May 2007

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I recently bought a Mac and today was the first day that I only had only a Mac on my desk (as I took the windows PC to use at home). After a week or so of build-up to today, using it more and more, I think I’m turning the corner and whilst I [...]

Heroes vs. 24

14. May 2007

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Heroes wins.

Cheese heaven

14. May 2007

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Just a quick note to highly recommend the Snowdonia Cheese Company ‘Red Devil’ cheese. I would link to the cheese direct but their website isn’t geared up for that, grr. I fell in love with it when we were on a recent break but the small chunk we bought got snaffled in minutes. Luckly for me [...]

Big up to the West Malvern massive

11. May 2007

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After nearly a year of thinking that living in Upton was ‘nice’ but wasn’t as edgy as we’d like I came away for a night out in West Malvern last night thinking “now that’s what I’m talking about”. Boris (a.k.a. Simon) and Emma who like us recently moved from East London now live in West Malvern [...]

Apologies in advance

8. May 2007

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Thanks to David Goodwin’s comment on a previous posting of mine where he reminded me just how bloody annoying it is to get stuck behind a caravan, motorhome or old person in a [insert small car here] that is driving soooo slowly when you are trying to get to or from your chosen holiday destination. It’s [...]

Extreme Towing

30. April 2007

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With the rapid approach of middle age pulsing through my veins this weekend I attended a Camping and Caravanning Club manoeuvring course in Cheltenham. Apparently one needs to book well in advance to go on one (thanks Ackers) and after attending I can see why; it was excellent. I went because this coming Friday I collect [...]

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Private sale: London house, E11

Ozficici Salsa

Le Mans 07

Sometimes it’s OK to be jealous

Things that suck about Mac OS X

Heroes vs. 24

Cheese heaven

Big up to the West Malvern massive

Apologies in advance

Extreme Towing

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