Published on 1 December 2020 in Life, school, shopping
The news that Arcadia Group, owners of brands like Top Shop, Dorothy Perkins, and Burton Menswear, has gone into administration, reminded me of something. Actually it reminded me of many things. But my Top Man chenille roll neck jumper, whilst fantastic, isn't worthy of writing about. The metallic silver trousers, probably are, but that brings about a whole other conversation.
Published on 23 October 2020 in Life, All The Swimming Pools, Greater Manchester, Life Leisure, Stockport, swimming
A 1973 built 33.3m swimming pool that's rather annoyingly, not quite close enough to my house.
Published on 14 September 2020 in Life, covid-19
Today I went for a Covid-19 test. The test itself was fine. Who knows what the results are, but the test itself was fine. The process with getting one, far from it.
Published on 26 August 2020 in Life, covid-19, Stockport, swimming
For the first time in five months, I've been back in a swimming pool. It's different, but oh so very much needed.
Published on 23 July 2020 in Life, childhood, covid-19, school
In another universe, today is my daughter's final day at nursery school before she heads to primary school in September.
Published on 1 June 2020 in Life, Work, covid-19
It’s been a common assumption that lockdown has meant that suddenly everyone has time to do all those things they’ve been wanting to do for years. And it's not true at all for many people.
Published on 8 January 2020 in Life, brand names, branding
Greater Manchester consists of ten different councils. Each has their own different operator used for their council owned leisure centres. Let's look at how they brand them. Because the world has been waiting for this level of analysis.
Published on 7 January 2020 in Life, All The Swimming Pools, Lake District, leisure centres, Scotland, swimming, Wales
Wales! England! Scotland! Swimming pools!
Published on 31 December 2019 in Life
Ten years have happened. This means we need to do a 'thing'.
Published on 1 November 2019 in Entertainment, Life, Television, Travel and Holidays, TV Programmes, Walking, Rambling Man, Video editing, YouTube
For a long time I made YouTube videos. I enjoyed making YouTube videos. But then I stopped making YouTube videos. For many reasons. But mostly due to them not having a title sequence.