It was as my brother Simon and I carried the sofa out of the patio doors and hoisted it over the garden fence in order to squeeze it out through my neighbour's front-door that I realised I was past the point of no return with this going round the world malarkey. With the sofa in the van ready to take to the storage place, there was no going back and believe me over the next 48 hours of graft cramming the contents of my house into a small room in Croydon, there were a few moments when I thought I was [View Full Entry]

---

---

The sun's been out solidly, except at night, for about 3 days and London's been basking in an early taste of summer. It's reminded me a bit of how school holidays used to be, except I haven't been to the park to play footy as much as when I was a kid as all my mates are at work. Dad was always doing stuff round the house in the summer, and so to complete my nostalgia trip, I've got Dennis (he's not my dad, he's from Oak Roofing Services, Orpington. If you need a new roof, they're the men for the [View Full Entry]

---

---