I’ve often wondered if gymns would keep their members for longer if they helped them to visit LESS. Like any relationship, it will stay fresh if you also do things with other people too. I spend a fair amount of time doing fit, sweaty things. I actually like it, but even I get a bit…

But here’s a sunrise this week……. …..and here’s a sunset from Sunday. Stuff like this is why I like living where I do. The last picture is from the front of my house. Walk 400 yards up the road and you get miles of fields and woods.

The Killers are a guilty pleasure of mine. I do know they started out watering down Joy Divison’s best ideas, and then followed by going all cod-Bruce Springsteen. I just like them okay? But I challenge anyone (Marcus) to say a bad word about Lou Reed (Metal Machine Music notwithstanding). The Velvets are peerless (and…

This weekend was mostly spent working: Ten cups of tea (made in the pot like it  should be) Four cups of coffee One rage at not saving my work properly One cat jumping on my keyboard Roast pork sandwich 2 sore quads (pork was bought straight off the joint – from butchers 3 miles away,…

If you don’t visit Gareth Kay’s blog often you should. The last couple of months have been bursting with briliant advice. His better ways of working posts  are essential reading in my book (that’s a turn of phrase of course, I haven’t actually written one).

I think Miller’s ‘A theory of shopping’ is required reading for anyone interested in  what motivates people as they buy stuff. The simplest purchase is laden with meaning and ritual. I hadn’t thought about this for awhile, but a few projects have reached some sort of critical mass and it’s bubbled back up, espescially in…

Loping all over the country doing groups can get monotonous sometimes, and most hotels don’t help. Same sterile decor, staff with smiles painted on. Every now and then, you come across something out of the ordinary. Nothing prepared me for The Liner though. "Liverpool’s first themed hotel"…..maybe there’s a good reason no else did it…

Two very different experiences this week. The first was interviewing people looking to buy their first house. Next time I moan about this and that on this blog, please tell me off in the comments. I’m doing a job  I love, living where I want and I don’t really want for anything. I’m very, very…

We’re seeing some amazing Autumn sunrises down my way. This one came out a bit wrong. Funny to make Yorkshire look like Planet Mongo though.

The culmination of man-flu, workload and laziness kept me out of the swimming pool for a couple of weeks. When I got back in the pool, the swimming was a nearly dire as my singing. The timing was off, I had no zip in my legs and my shoulders felt like they had hot lead…