Hobbit

Many moons ago we had a teambuild at a centre that had, amongst several other sports, bowls. I had a knock on a driving range and looked...

Neighbor across the road from us popped me a little bunch of roses and a card for my Mrs - condolences for loss of my BiL a few weeks ago.

It wasn’t to be. A very tight game which, sadly, I made an error of judgement on the 26th end knocking one of his woods in when I was...

Perhaps a bit more than a Random Irritation. One of those late night phone calls we all dread. A good friend, early 50’s, marathon...

"If you don't think a news outlet has bias, it probably means it leans the same direction as you." That was day one, lesson one when I...

Wee Scots lassie Hollie Davidson bossing around the Irish and Figi rugby giants

Took me 44 years, but then got them in consecutive years.

Playing this afternoon in the quarter final of the regional men’s singles bowls competition. If there is a downside, it’s against the...

The Open & the Masters gets a good watch, the US Open & US PGA less so. I rarely watch the US PGA tour but tend to watch the Fed Ex in...

Spain is removing the golden visa. Basic rate of tax here is 21%, and the tax allowance is €12,000 = £10,000

Zero tax for the first 2 years in Portugal.

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The 7 years was discussed at length and has a lot of urban myths attached to it, ie, if a person goes in to care a Local Authority can...

I am lucky that the dairy farm a couple of miles from me has a vending machine. You pay your money, put your bottle under the machine...

I don’t think Paul Patterson, Fujitsu CEO Europe, did the company any favours at the Inquiry 2 weeks back. I know the Core Participants...