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 1 October 2020 in Beer, Homebrew, Cloned Beer Reviews
Recently I tried to brew a clone of Fuller's iconic London Pride ale. Would it taste anywhere near similar?
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 2 April 2020 in Work, covid-19, offices, work
All this homeworking that's suddenly happening has been deemed to be a game-changer by many. Jobs that managers once insisted could only be done in a building, are now being done in peoples kitchens, bedrooms, living rooms, or even gardens. These are my predictions of what will happen when all this is over.
Published on 29 February 2020 in Beer, Homebrew, Cloned Beer Reviews
The first in an occasional series, comparing a homebrew clone of a beer you can buy in the shops.
Published on 28 January 2020 in Uncategorized
Recently I had to decide what the best single ticket was to buy in order to use four buses. But if I had paid for each of those four buses individually, what would that have cost me? And what was the cost per mile?
Published on 15 January 2020 in Transport, bus deregulation, buses, Greater Manchester
A common complaint about rail fares is how complex they are. That trying to work out the cheapest fare often requires a great deal of research and knowledge. Given how many times friends and family have asked me what the best ticket to buy for whatever scenario, there has to be some truth in this. But it's not a problem isolated to trains. It's true of buses as well. And other modes of travel like trams too.