Something that’s baffled me since moving out of London, is the restaurants. I love a good restaurant, and when you combine that with not enjoying cooking, it’s very easy to slip into eating a lot of takeaways or meals out. Unsurprisingly, there just aren’t as many restaurants where we are now. The …
The Magic Eye
Do you remember the magic eye puzzles? They were images that looked like someone on LSD had got control of a paint brush, and decided to paint. If you stared at them in the right way, then you’d get a 3D image appear in the middle of them. During the 90’s, these …
A ride in hell?
Have you seen those photos of people on their way to work in rush hour, smashed up against train windows? It looks like hell. Here’s an example from Japan…Would you want to do that every day? I sure as hell know I wouldn’t. And there’s a damn good reason I’m talking …
I’m Scared
If the truth be told, I’ve never been more scared in my life. I’ve jumped out of aeroplanes, dived to the bottom of the sea, lived with tribes, swum with a shark, been caught in a rockfall and got ill in the jungles of Mexico. But I’ve never felt quite like this …
The Golden Treasure
This is what everyone’s looking for. The golden treasure. The lottery win. The big gamble paying off. I’m going to give you the brutal truth right now… It doesn’t work like that. And trust me, when I talk about big gambles paying off, I know. I love horse racing, and have spent …
The sandwich bag of death
Some days, I open my fridge, and think that we’ve been invaded by sandwich bags. I mean seriously, how many sandwich bags do we need to use. Apparently a lot. Everything has to go in one. But here’s the thing… Leave something in a sandwich bag too long, and it just rots. …