Umbrella: An Obituary

It is my sad duty to report the passing of  my most loyal and constant travelling companion. I can’t remember when my umbrella first began to have a regular slot in my schoolbag. It had been there before on occasions, when it was needed to fend off the rain, but then one day it just [...]

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A Few Random Odds And Ends…

In the usual attempt to keep this blog going without a large topic to write about, I am once again giving you a miscellaneous selection of items. Firstly, exam results. I’m sure everyone who cares already knows, but I got my A level results a couple of weeks ago. Overall I have ended up with [...]

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Sports and religion

Today saw the start of the sporting event of the summer, as far as I’m concerned. And I still haven’t got a Swiss flag to fly on the car. I almost didn’t need one, as Federer scraped through the first round of Wimbledon with a less-than-convincing five set victory over Alejandro Falla. This year Wimbledon [...]

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Another Random Barrage of Pointless Thoughts

It’s been a while since I wrote anything here, and the blog is starting to look rather empty and unattended. So, time to do something about it, with another assortment of random news and uninteresting babbling. Since I last posted anything, there has been a lot of change. In the news, we’ve seen a change [...]

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A Strange Miscellany of Cornish Fishermen, The Waterfront, Doctor Who and Universities

I’ve realised that this site is starting to look a bit neglected. I don’t really have anything big to rant write about at the moment, but to make it look like I actually use my blog, I’ll write about some assorted random articles. Being a bit behind on news, especially when it comes to music, [...]

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The Battle for the Waterfront

Bournemouth Council recently announced plans to buy the Waterfront building, located on Pier Approach, which is regularly criticised and apparently hated by all. But now an inactive leaseholder threatens the progress of the Council’s demolition and redevelopment. Sheridan are the company that own the IMAX cinema in the building. They have a lease which lasts [...]

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Welcome back to reality

So Christmas has come and gone, it’s 2010, and Doctor Who has finished. Except that it hasn’t. I’m fed up of hearing that Doctor Who will ‘never be the same’ without David Tennant. Of course it won’t. That’s how the show works. It hasn’t been the same since William Hartnell left in 1966, but that [...]

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Being friendly: Is it worth it?

On my journeys to and from school, between drowning in rain and freezing to death, I am very observant. I observe nature in Queen’s Park, and particularly in my hunt for the green woodpeckers in the crematorium. I notice good examples of architecture, and also the complete lack of any kind of structure where one [...]

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Rain

During September I was lucky. The skies were blue, or at least only white clouds were around generally. The weather appears to have realised that it’s about time some rain came our way. Usually, as I often mention, my route to school is good. I walk through a park and the crematorium grounds. The roads [...]

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