5-4-Friday… 5 Irish things

5-4-Friday… 5 Irish things

I’ve spent the last few days in Ireland, specifically the Sandyford area of Dublin. It’s a decent place with decent people, which is no bad thing given that I’m going to be spending quite a bit of time there over the next nine months or so....
5-4-Friday… 5 American Goods

5-4-Friday… 5 American Goods

Five American Goods… I don’t mean American goods as in American products that you could buy online or in a store. I am referring to five good American things, to contrast the five bad American things I talked about in my recent 5-4-Friday following my holiday in...
5-4-Friday… 5 American Goods

5-4-Friday… 5 American bads

From time to time, this blog has had a light-hearted dig at people who have the misfortune to not have been born and/or live in Wigan. It isn’t their fault, of course; not everyone can be so fortunate to reside in God’s own country. When the blog does go down this...
5-4-Friday… 5 Orlando Things

5-4-Friday… 5 Orlando Things

Those who follow me personally on Facebook will know I’ve just come back from a holiday in Orlando. It was my third trip to the Sunshine state, but the first for almost twelve years. I know that people have their own favourite holiday destinations like Magaluf,...
5-4-Friday… 5 dangerous things

5-4-Friday… 5 dangerous things

One of the roller-coasters at the Alton Towers theme park crashed earlier in the week, injuring a number of thrill-seekers, as the tabloids would call them. How galling, to queue for a couple of hours for the ride, only to have your carriage crash into an empty,...