Back in August, I posted this photo of my car, a rare 1977/78 Datsun 260z, which I had just got back on the road. It had just spent 9 weeks in a garage, having £1200 of work done to it, whilst I went through two motorbikes... Then I got it back and took it DRIVIN'! Then my starter motor went and...
Continue reading ...Whilst the local populace is listening to lonely old men waffle about morality in ostentatious castles built with money extorted from the poor and desperate, my family are drinking morning beer, listening to Iron Maiden and waiting for my uncle to judge our midnight gingerbread house-making competit...
Continue reading ...It has just turned Christmas day, which means many Catholics will be attending midnight mass at this very moment. My own feelings on this event aside, I thought I'd spend a couple of minutes writing about my thoughts on the Christmas in general. Christmas, no matter what they tell you, has nothing ...
Continue reading ...[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma8nDZaFp4k&w=560&h=315] This is the epitome of why new media (or social media, or indeed the world in general) needs to sit on a hundred dicks and cut its own face off. This is what every single news outlet said prior to this performance (and for so...
Continue reading ...It's that time of year again. Time to make the hardest phone call: "Hello, Lolita. Yes, it's me. I know I don't call you very often, but it has been too long and it's getting uncomfortable, especially at night when I'm trying to sleep. I don't know exactly what I'm going to ask you to do, but you'...
Continue reading ...Lying in bed, counting all the shits I don't give and supping on a delicious Whisky All In. Sadly I have no sugar or lemon juice, so I have replaced those ingredients...with a Mars ice cream. I'm pretty sure this is the meaning of life......
Continue reading ...I have now been using motorbikes for my mode of transport pretty much exclusively for six months. In that time, I have done the following: Bought one motorbike Written off one motorbike Rented one motorbike Had one motorbike stolen Had one motorbike repaired Fallen off a motorbike when taking a...
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Much as people who don't go to the gym like to think of working out as mindless pumping of iron (which it is for some) the reality is that, as with everything, once you progress beyond being a beginner, there is much more to the activity than perhaps meets the eye. It's the same feeling I get fro...
Continue reading ...I am a man who knows nothing of U.S. history, past U.S. presidents or what any of these people stood for or did for their country. I am also not in the slightest bit interested to learn anything about these subjects, just as I haven't the slightest interest in U.K. politics past or present. It ...
Continue reading ...Thank the nine Gods that today is my rest day. Having very nearly passed out at freestyle wrestling last night, I fear I may be working too hard and eating too little. Frankly, there just aren't enough hours in the day... Then again, you try looking this guy in the face and telling him "I'm too t...
Continue reading ...This belt buckle was a 21st birthday present from my grandmother. It was purchased from the Viking Shop in Stockholm, where I stayed with my family in a converted prison. I've worn it pretty much every single day for 4.5 years. It was also the conversation starter by which I introduced myself to ...
Continue reading ...I'm singin' the blues today. Goes a lil' summin' like this: Woke up this mornin', My motorbike had been stole, That's right the motorbike, That I parked outside ma home. I called the Police, Told them what went down, They said they'd see if they, Could spot it drivin' round town. "What's ...
Continue reading ...Did you blink? If so, you probably missed the period over which I owned a kickass motorbike. That's right; it took just 11 days for somebody to crash into me Being the supportive type, people are telling me how lucky I am to have got out of the incident unscathed. They're right, of course. O...
Continue reading ...Friends, I have come to a realisation. Life, it turns out, is short. Very short. FAR too short to spend it sitting at a desk, day-dreaming of all the marvellous things there are to do in the world...that you aren't doing. As I was stamping my way up the Three Peaks, it suddenly occurred to m...
Continue reading ...I know this has nothing to do with sport but, after a good six weeks or so of searching and stressing out, I have finally found AND PURCHASED my first motorcycle! No longer am I a founding member of Bearhawks Motorcycle Club...without a bike... The elongated wait and huge amount of inconvenience...
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At 08:30 we awoke, less magnificently than the day before, but still pretty magnificently, in the car. Having spent 8 hours driving 311 miles until 04:00, but failing to find anywhere to stay, we eventually pulled into a car park, reclined our seats and alternately frozen and boiled our way into the...
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At 08:30 we awoke, magnificently, in Truck Haven. After conquering Snowdon the night before, we had set out at midnight for Scafell Pike, covering 150 miles of our 216-mile drive before practically falling asleep at the wheel. Two enormous breakfasts later, we were back on the road, wending our w...
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Bored with the lack of adventure of everyday life, Simon and I decided to climb the three peaks. We also decided that, given our love for food, beer and epic bleak photography, we didn't want to rush up and down in 24 hours, as is traditional. Instead, we set out for a long weekend of conquering...
Continue reading ...As Champion of Murderbeers, my responsibilities are vast and never-ending. Quash a rebellion here, fend off the Ice Giants there; if it's not killing one thing, it's conquering another. So, when the Emperor looked out from Murder Mount and realised that England, Scotland and Wales ALL have tal...
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