coal

Back at the Coal face. Sort of. More like back in the coldness.

Jolly

As jolly as an olive in a dry martini.

cool

As cool as a bucket of ice in the oven

10

Room temperature: 10 dc.

I think I will go to France.

12.5

Room temperature: 12.5 c.

I think I'll go to the library.

expresso, some services before Scotchcorner

Couldn't quite finish that one.

Autumn

Northern Millenium Bridge, smaller version, Leeds

Human intervention from the left

A monk then, these be the lower orders

Human intervention

Ile de France sky

B. where

mission time

French slippers

worries

Birkenhead is over there...

Valhalla

It's been a bad morning for the europeans, who lost three of the four contests. Poulter and Rose have been allright though, and Padraig Harrington has been superb. It's pretty shiny out there, with no wind. I wish I too was a rich Fx and I could amble all day long on a grassy sunny slope. But the last time I played golf, about fifteen years ago up in the alpes of all places, I sent the club 20 yards away. The ball just rolled a little bit. I had to leave the training ground.

Ryder

Or maybe it should be about golf. My all time golf hero (that's from spending july in England in my youth) is Nick Faldo, captain of the european team for the Ryder cup due to start this friday. I was pleased to read that there are currently the remnants of Hurricane ike on the course. Let's hope it lingers out there in Louisville.

forecast

Should this blog only be about the weather? I bet some looser has already thought of that, it’s always the same with good ideas would say my father. Anyway, according to the BBC, tomorrow should be a nice sunny day here in Liverpool, Merseyside, with temperatures reaching 18C.

Champagne sur Oise and its local crooks (were the Gods against the northern departure?)

France is other there

Dover from the hillside 2

Dover's port from the hillside

weather was all right in Kent though

the visitor

+ 7

And Greg blew it, very windy ou there, pretty cold, but actually very sunny.

the Royal Birkdale

The Open is going on next door, in Southport. Today they are expecting more ghastly weather. Quote from the Guardian: "This is actually a typical British summer: very unsettled, breezy and wet at times. We are looking at possibly 45mph winds and some pretty hefty showers, which won't be very pleasant at all".

July, not singing

July in the north west of England is really something special. Gives a different perspective to life, indoors, fires, water spotting, and I can't even watch the cricket and the golf on the tv, which is what I usually do in july when I happen to be in this country, as I am stupid enough not to have one. Moaning time big time (seriously it is unbelievable the amount of rain the powers above dare pour on this otherwise estimable city).

Playing the local no 1

"How well do you do against Barrie?"

"I invariably loose three nil"

Bonfire, Belfast, 11 july 2008

a day in Belfast

Europa Hotel
St Anne Cathedral
City Council

july

It's july again, and I am in Liverpool again, and again it's raining

Europleasure, Liverpool

Let's go to church

the time

When I am in France, I noticed, I have the English time. But when I am in England, I have the French time.

Parenthèse

Salomon Burke coincé à Porto, bon, ben c'est pas la fin du monde

Free Trade Inn, Newcastle

Crescent, Bath

Queen Margaret, Glasgow

Glasgow

"So did you think it went well?"

(Haye cause you thought it was crap mate?)

"Yes I think it went fine"

Take me away la la la

take away land, a land to take away (creepy).

Lark Lane, Liverpool

B. Johnson

"Let's have a drink tonight, and let's get cracking tomorrow". That is bound to me my next favourite quote for at least the decade to come.

ps: reminds me of a Mafalda sketch: ne jamais reporter à demain les choses que l'on peut faire le jour même, "dès demain, je m'y mets!"

'gravy train'

"'gravy train' - easy money, getting it through connections... - have you found one??"

Not quite.

a Tim Warren quotation

Bored people are boring

10 pm text communication with J.

"Who the fuck are you?"

"Gordon Brown"

"Well fuck off and run the country then!"

"Actually, I think I'm doing a pretty good job. You seem a bit slow this evening. I'll catch you later"

"You must have the wrong number or you are mental, if you think that's interesting well I am sorry for you"

"Your name is not Edward?"

"Well done for hacking my phone, I'm going to contact the authorities if you don't leave me alone."

"07 xxxxxxxx, the number you requested J, Gustave"

"Fuckin hell mate, you nutter, I thought it was some freak! Will be in touch soon. Make your texts clearer I've been smokin hash"

pennines

sun sun sun

It's summer time finally, my car is feeling great with all that sunshine it's been deprived of, and people can wear their dragonfly sunglasses.

Beware

Hope

"All you need is hope". A great idea from Hope University, Liverpool, to promote its courses at John Lennon airport.

southern French car (mine) in the depth of Scotland

late night story

« On a good day, he’s only at 80% »
That’s what they said of one of those hang-gliding pilot in Rio de Janeiro. The two of you run madly on a slight slope, and then you go over the edge and make your panoramic way towards the beach. Except that chap had forgotten to fasten his gear, so when they reached the takeoff zone, he just left the boat and crashed underneath onto some rocks, leaving the tourist on his own to deal with a real extreme experience. Apparently he survived.

(from Adam)

Pissotières, Piccadily Garden, Manchester

london quotes

"You're repeating yourself"

"life's got to be lived"

Holiday Inn, Liverpool

notes