Izdihar - Magic Kingdom Escapology

For a long time now, I've always gone by the adage that one should use your mouth and ears in the proportion that they are provided. Generally speaking this seems to have served me well, I get to learn things, I don't purposely put my foot in it by… more »

Since this shot was taken on 30 April 2009, I have been informed that Al Dodds (above) has sadly died following a coronary incident at work. He died on 19 July 2009 before they could get him to the hospital for treatment. He leaves a wife behind, who… more »

Yes, really, this is what you can find - I guess you could say we were a little out of the town centre round here. In these parts, a pen full of camels is as commonplace as a field of cows in Devon. Interesting creatures, even if they do pong a bit. The… more »

To be honest, it's more of an outpatient thing, so nothing series. A little brush up with some wet & dry for its fret ends, a tweak on the truss-rod to take some of the relief out of the neck, a mild fettling of the bridge saddles to allow the… more »

it's the only explanation I can think of as to why it started playing Ronan Keating's "Love is a Rollercoaster" this evening... more »

It's not every day you get to give your better half a public declaration of devotion, but that's what I managed this evening. We're over in Bahrain as a bit of a treat for our 9th wedding anniversary (yesterday) and staying once more at the Diplomat up… more »

Back to Hong Kong, near Causeway Bay and Happy Valley more »

For my sins, I was born in a two-up, two-down in Stoke-on-Trent some 47+ years back. The house is still there and on occasion, I think I ought to go back and get myself photographed outside the joint wearing one of my Stoke City shirts - courtesy… more »

I generally find that I need to be in the right mood to write something on here. Other than dropping a couple of photo links on here over the last week or so, I guess you could say that the mood hasn't been quite there for me. I will be back all the… more »