Monthly Archives: December 2011

Two knights

Bad things always come in threes, and I’m dreading the third happening while frantically dredging my memory and trying to find an earlier ‘bad thing’ to mean that todays’ incident was the third. Yesterday, the final day of Mothers two … Continue reading

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Discovering the purpose of nose hair

It’s finally dawned on me what nose hair is for, and believe me, it does have a use. I apologise in advance to the squeamish. While in Galicia I have dispensed with the normal day-to-day regimen of gentlemen’s hair control. … Continue reading

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Oh, the irony!

Just over twelve hours after nearly being run off the road by a maniacal Galician driver I got pulled over by the Guardia Civil. I’d decided last night that a lack of LPG, money and food meant that it would … Continue reading

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