Why Rochdale? Well, on my virtual travels during lockdown (remember when we weren’t allowed to go to pubs or football?),...
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Wigan is my favourite town in the world and I need little excuse to visit. Wigan Beer Festival is now...
A beer festival? In Wigan? With rave reviews and recommendations? Well I wasn't going to miss that! The late kick...
It's been four years since I left Birmingham and a few friendships haven't survived the move - which I'm fine...
I was giving the Blackpool game (away at Wycombe) a miss today. I have been struggling with Blackpool for many...
In a previous blog, I toyed with the idea of going to watch the rugby for a giggle. I was...
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There’s a new drinkery on the block in Blackpool. I’d been eagerly awaiting the reopening of Abingdon Street Market following...
My first ever memory is Bucks Fizz winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 1981. https://youtu.be/RO-mxo-14H4 For years it has been...
I’d been promising myself a trip to Chorley for years, having heard anecdotally how good it was for pubs. Rightly...
No football this weekend yippee! I wasn’t wrong in my assumption that this would be my best weekend for ages....
Josh Bowler is back at Blackpool! Dear reader, I’d take a bullet for Joshy, I love him that much. Consequently...
Saturdays without football are precious. Today was the third and final one during the World Cup break and I was...
I don't need much of an excuse to go back to Wigan. Despite only having been two weeks earlier for...
I lived in the West Midlands for 20 years so I like to use local fixtures to catch up with...
A few months back I received an email from Tony from Halifax & Calderdale CAMRA inviting me to speak at...
To help me cope mentally during this tough year, I've created structure and routine. During the week, I wake up...
Dear reader, I'm reverting to writing about life in lockdown because, despite us barely leaving the house, it's still more...
Dear reader, what interesting times we are living in. There has been a noticeable shift at LCTV Towers this week...
Dear reader, I haven't written for a while. I've been finding it difficult to get motivated - indeed to get...
How have your eating habits changed since lockdown, dear reader? I have evolved from snacking ALL THE TIME to taking...
We are beginning to find inventive ways of replacing physical social interaction - both remotely (with friends, family and colleagues)...
Dear reader, I can’t remember exactly who recommended a spreadsheet as a cure for anxiety but it bloody works! After...
Friday. Groundhog Day. With nowhere to go and nothing in the diary, time and dates are becoming increasingly irrelevant as...
I’ve been feeling much more positive the last couple of days. Time is such a precious resource that is often...
Day One of Week Two working from home. I much prefer this to working in the office. I get a...
Sunday saw the introduction of a TV curfew at LCTV Towers (no TV allowed until 9pm for the benefit of...
When they said last weekend would be our last weekend of freedom for a while I couldn’t quite believe it....
It’s been a funny old week. On the commuter train into Manchester on Thursday the public address announcement advised passengers...
Ah the final midweek match of the season. I was looking forward to this one. I skipped to Manchester Piccadilly...
