It’s our last full day in New England and the first order of the day is to finally get a taxi booked for tomorrow morning to get us to the coach stop in Hanover. There is still a lot of WTF about all the others contacted, and the one that…

Yes, it did snow most of the night, and we could hear the guy from the hotel clearing the path to the car park at seven in the morning. By the time we got out about ten it needed doing again. Ciaran had come over to pick Nathan and Jake…

I had no plan as such. Everyone else was going skiing or snowboarding and my knees and complete lack of balance wasn’t going to allow that. Breakfast was mooted to be at the Turkish / Mediterranean café a couple of doors down from the hotel. The only problem being that…

Half past nine he said. That was the time given by Ciaran to pick us up and take, first for breakfast, and then into the White Mountains of New Hampshire. 10:22 when he turned up. Long after boredom and hunger had kicked in for most. We had all been up…

And the holiday is here. I might have mentioned to a few people we are off on a little trip to the States. Thirteen nights; five in Vermont, four in New York City, and four in Miami, starting out to visit Helen’s older son, Ciaran, before it becomes very touristy. …

Introduction Now entering its sixth year the first rule of Flanagan’s Running Club is everyone should be telling everyone they know about Flanagan’s Running Club! After all, sharing is caring. Details of how to sign up is in the epilogue. There is no need to panic, there is no actual…

It’s been just over two weeks since we last went to a game, the insipid (on pitch) away loss to Stevenage on the Friday before new year. And so this is our first game of 2023, and it will be our only January game as it will be nearly a…

Once it stood tall and proud overlooking the Weald But, oh how the mighty have fallen It now lies on its side Roots ripped from the earth beneath And now it only sees the ground Or the ever-changing sky above Did it fall with a mighty crash? Gone over in…

When we originally woke up and opened the curtains on the new year there was blue sky and a walk sounded like a great idea. Of course, by the time we’d stopped fannying around it was overcast and by the time we’d gotten as far as K2 it was trying…