3 long redundant pieces of COVID messaging
Published on 15 March 2023 in Life, covid-19
Covid restrictions are long gone. But how long it will take for their one time existence to still be felt, is a whole other question.
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All the Swimming Pools REVIEWED! – Forest Hills, Frodsham
Published on 13 March 2023 in Life, All The Swimming Pools, Cheshire, swimming
A 20m hotel swimming pool on a hill outside of Frodsham in Cheshire? But is it any good?
All the Swimming Pools REVIEWED! Life Leisure Romiley (revisited)
Published on 19 December 2022 in Life, All The Swimming Pools, Life Leisure, Stockport, swimming
Since I last reviewed it, Life Leisure Romiley's had a revamp. So long cubicles separated by shower curtains then?
Is Tony Dibbin the most voice tracked radio presenter around?
Published on 12 December 2022 in Radio
Voicetracking allows one presenter to do an incredibly large amount of content all from their own home.
Historical Cloned Beer Reviews: Boddingtons Bitter (1945 edition)
Published on 5 December 2022 in Homebrew, beer, Cloned Beer Reviews, Homebrew
I've never been a fan of Boddingtons Bitter. But if I went back to a recipe from 1945, would it be any good? And how would it compare to the Boddingtons you can buy today?
Cloned Beer Reviews: Guinness Original
Published on 28 November 2022 in Homebrew, beer, Cloned Beer Reviews, Homebrew
There was a time where, if I was in a pub and there was no real ale, or if there was and it was absolutely terrible (gone off, poorly looked after, or whatever), I'd go for a pint of stout. And that usually meant Guinness. Recently I tried to brew my own version of the black stuff, because why not?
Stagecoach Manchester is axing the popular 358 Stockport to Hayfield bus – why bus franchising is probably to blame. And potentially the solution.
Published on 4 August 2022 in Transport, bus franchising, buses, Derbyshire, Greater Manchester, Marple, Stockport, Transport for Greater Manchester
Recently I found out that Stagecoach Manchester is to axe the 358 Stockport to Hayfield bus. It's a bus I know well and is always busy. But it's now due to get the axe. Why? Well we don't know for sure, but it's likely to be a quirk of Greater Manchester's move to bus franchising.
All The Swimming Pools REVIEWED – Oasis Leisure Centre, Covent Garden
Published on 13 June 2022 in Life, All The Swimming Pools, Better, Camden, greater london, swimming
An outdoor swimming pool in the heart of central London.
Every cloud has the potential for a silver lining
Published on 4 March 2022 in Life, covid-19, cycling, exercise, swimming
Recently I was thinking about Covid-19. Hey, it’s the kind of thing that you can’t escape thinking about. And I began to wonder if there was anything positive that came out of it for me personally. And I thought of five things. Here they are.
All The Swimming Pools REVIEWED! – Tameside Wellness Centre
Published on 8 November 2021 in Life, Active Tameside, All The Swimming Pools, swimming, Tameside
Denton's swimming pool was where I learned to swim. But in recent years it's 1970s pool was shabby and a mess. Cue a brand new and impressively swanky replacement facility, the Tameside Wellness Centre.