Unless you've been living under a rock, you will know that heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne has his funeral in Birmingham, UK, today. Now, before I go any further, I don't have any of his music. I liked

The UK is currently experiencing a rare phenomenon: we have sunshine and temperatures above 20 °c. I usually don't take the dog 'up the park' especially in winter, as it gets too muddy. I usually walk

Sticky Notes My third job after leaving school was as a Tea Broker. If truth be told, I wasn't really one; I'd bluffed my way into it, having been employed as a trainee tea broker in my previous employment.

Ping @skyleap Are you still creating avatars? You've done a couple of mine, and I was wondering if you could do a St Patrick's Day one. Obviously, I'll reimburse you.

While you can buy doors from DIY shops, you need to go to a dedicated door shop if you want something nice. Bridgtown Doors is not a million miles from us, and it's pretty much the go-to location for doors

If you have a new kitchen, it makes sense to have a new radiator, especially if it is probably forty, if not more, years old. I'd bought a new 500mm one from Wickes, where we had the kitchen from, and

"Sixty-seven quid? I like that price!" The wife looked at me with that look that has taken wives years to perfect: Why did I marry you? No, it wasn't sixty-seven pounds, it was sixty-seven packs!

Bye, bye doorway. How we managed for the last twenty-odd years with our former small kitchen is beyond me. The constant moans of "Can you get out of the kitchen? There's no room!" had been a

We've lived in our house for around twenty-five years now. Probably about twenty years ago, I offered to give the kitchen a makeover. We didn't have much money, so I figured some new work surfaces and

image source The other day, a friend said, "I'm surprised you're not on Bluesky Pete." If anything, I'm looking to downsize my Social Media presence, not increase it. One of the key features

I'd said to the missus that I wanted to visit this monument in Kefalonia, which was, in fact, only ten or twelve minutes away from our hotel. I was surprised that it was reasonably popular. Some people

Now, before I start, I'm not being horrible. It was one of those classic events that was naff and cringeworthy but still heaps of fun in the long run. "You must come to our Greek Night on Monday!"

On our second day in Kefalonia we went to Melissani Lake, a subterranean lake in a cave which according to local legend, a nymph called Melissanthe committed suicide in the lake when the god Pan rejected

So I've just returned from a week in Kefalonia, Greece. About a month before, I'd looked on the web for car hire. All the leading hirers were fully booked, but I found one that was slightly more expensive

So, following on from "Shall we go to Matlock?" It's now day two of our insane dash down to Lynmouth in Devon, and it's now Sunday morning and our final few hours before we head back to the Midlands.

We're currently experiencing some decent weather in the UK, with lucky inhabitants reaching the dizzy heights of 30°C. So, with that in mind, on Saturday (just gone) at around 8 a.m., the wife said,

It was yet another eventful walk with Charlie this morning. As we passed the bus stop, a random, lit candle was sat next to a discarded Red Bull can. I mean, why? How did it get there? There's a factory

When you think of neighbours, your immediate image is probably the houses to the left and right of your property, but what about those that back onto you? Are they also your neighbours? The family that

I can't remember if I've written about this place before; I probably have. There's a sandwich bar come cafe just down the road from my office, which is fairly popular. I say popular, to be honest, there's

We're currently experiencing a mini heatwave here in the glorious kingdom of Britisher land. Last night, our dog Charlie was merrily making a nuisance of himself by winding up all the other dogs in their