In the past year I have guided you on how to behave in the pub and at your Christmas party. I’ve taught you how to avoid embarassing faux pas on public transport and how to become a mildly less annoying cyclist. I’ve given valuable advice on how to make the perfect Full English and even let … More What does the future hold?
There’s no better way to start the day than with a Full English Breakfast. Whether you are hungover, planning a day climbing mountains, setting yourself up for an all day session or just a bit of a fat bugger, a decent Full English is as good a meal as you will get. As I try … More The perfect Full English Breakfast
I’ve already covered my highlights of 2016 but I’m a miserable bugger so you couldn’t expect me to let such a year pass by without commenting on those things that weren’t quite so good. My A-Z lowlights of 2016 A – Austerity Al. A necessary evil to sustain my career as a writer but I’ve … More My A-Z of 2016 (The lowlights)
As cliched as it may be, 2016 has been an eventful year so it would be remiss of me not to outline my highlights. It would be easy to focus on the negatives in such a turbulent year but this A-Z shows off the many great things that happened. My A-Z highlights of 2016 A … More My A-Z of 2016 (The highlights)
I attended my first Christmas Party of the season last week and a great time was had by all. I’d agreed my outfit with my fashion consultant and despite being out all day, I had been drinking sensibly. I was following all the rules as set out in my previous blogs. Unfortunately there was one … More Force the fun. How to behave at a Christmas Party.
Now that your Christmas Party is finally organised and everyone knows where they are going, it’s time to give you some guidance on how to behave when you actually get there. I’m not going to pretend that I’ve always followed the rules, I was young once but I have learned from my mistakes (I hope) … More Dress up, be merry. (Xmas Party guide part two.)
As I no longer have to travel to work each day and deal with the stresses of the daily commute you would think I would be doing well to avoid the annoyances that everyone else has to put up with. On reading about the Metro chaos yesterday, I empathised but sat back smugly thinking ‘rather you … More My Top Ten annoyances of the week.
I first bought my sleeping bag twenty years ago, I was going on an adventure. I was heading off to Australia for a year backpacking with a little trip to Bali on the way. Not bad for a lad from Southwick. I laughed at the salesman in the shop as he told me the sleeping … More What’s in your bag?
As a bit of a change for my blog, I’m going to post a couple of photos. Living in Sunderland, I am lucky enough to live next to a fantasic coastline and a lovely, post industrial riverside. Despite me being a terrible photographer, the low sun over the last couple of days has allowed me … More Bright light, bit chilly.
I’ve tried my best to guide through the year; taught you how to behave on public transport, let you know what not to do in the pub and even given you a bit of advice on how to pedal. But now we’re coming to that time of year when madness sets in, where everybody thinks … More Mistletoe and whine (How to organise a Xmas Party)
Alan Parkinson 