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Brendan Perry at Utrecht Domkerk, 13th August 2010
This was my seventh gig of Brendan’s Ark tour this year and the first to take place in my home country! How nice to be only 45 km removed from the venue for a change. The weather couldn’t have been better. … Continue reading
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Chores
We’re back in Amsterdam after a good night’s sleep on the ferry. What a blissful way to travel. It really is so much better than flying. The day has, of course, been marked by errands and chores: a haircut for … Continue reading
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Back To The Boat
It was a 06:45 alarm that woke us today, followed by a six and a half hour journey from Inverness to North Shields, with two stops to take on fuel: one for the car in the morning in Pitlochry and … Continue reading
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Has It Really Been A Month?
It’s been longer, actually, by a few days. I’m filled with the same paradoxical sensation that I always have at the end of one of our holidays, particularly the summer ones. On the one hand, it seems quite recent that … Continue reading
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This Head’s Not For Hunting
Another day, another Facebook job offer. These headhunters obviously don’t do much research on the candidates they are attempting to recruit. If they did, they’d quickly discover that I am and have always been a vociferous critic of a service … Continue reading
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