How did that even happen? It seems ludicrous that I could clock up that many years!

No regrets though (or very few!) and I’m sat here drinking a Salford Rum and Coke very contentedly! So I can’t be doing too badly at this weird game called life!

I was going to post about how I was feeling about my Mum's death, just over three weeks after it and four days post-funeral, but being honest, I'm feeling more despondent about Britain leaving the EU in the next few minutes ( Read more... )

So, we arranged my Mum's funeral 'life story' today at a Vicarage I went inside when I was about 7 for a weird school trip where the American priest at the time showed us his shotguns (despite the recent gun massacre of schoolkids at the time in Dunblane), while insisting that he wouldn't be giving them back to the British authorities ( Read more... )

So, at 10.45AM on Thursday, My Mum died ( Read more... )

This was astonishing to watch! It was like it wasn't really Swinton, so much hope and then so much despair when the Owners walked away less than a fortnight later ( Read more... )

I can't believe I managed to mislay putting these last two reports of the season up in 2019, two thumping victories before all the unpleasantness of the potential name change happened and soured a wonderful year.

( SwintonVsHalifaxC2019LeagueWeekly )

My Dad did it again, he rang us on a Friday to basically say 'Your Mum won't live through the weekend' and thankfully for the third time, he was tainting the truth with his Doomsaying ( Read more... )

Racing into July and Swinton were still piling up the victories; when this was won, I knew we were safe, it just felt like with the way we were playing there were so many more teams worse than us. Meanwhile, Batley faded as the season went on and themselves had to scramble to stay up.

( SwintonVsBatleyC2019LeagueWeekly )

Not much in the way of music, but plenty of great films, here's my favourite 15 ( Read more... )

Apologies, while I have been studying alongside working, I've not done as much writing as I'd like and one thing I like to do Top 10/15/whatever number lists of albums/films and life events, I have notes scrawled and I am now getting the chance to get them posted, fingers crossed! That's the plan, anyway! Hopefully if you're new-ish round here, you ( Read more... )