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We’re lucky really.

We’re lucky really.

Eight years ago, in an office in Spain, I signed a piece of paper to agree to buy an apartment. At the time I didn’t have a clue whether we would be able to afford it, find the deposit, or get a mortgage. I figured that if I couldn’t manage it, there was...
Devastated doesn’t begin to cover it.

Devastated doesn’t begin to cover it.

We have said for a long time now, that when Nick goes to University and leaves home we would probably sell our home and downsize a little. That time has come, in fact Nick is in his second year at Leeds College of Music already. So we came home to the UK from Spain...
All change

All change

Thirty four years ago, in response to an ad in the broadcast press, I sent a demo tape to Metro Radio. I was invited for an interview, so headed for Swalwell, Newcastle upon Tyne. The interview was conducted by Mic Johnson and the late John Coulson, after which I was...
The Queen is not really to blame

The Queen is not really to blame

Damp street party or red hot pool party, which would you choose? I had an interesting conversation on the phone yesterday with a nice guy I have never met; he wanted to rent my lovely apartment in Spain for a week. He loved the apartment, the location is just right,...
Just a few things

Just a few things

This is not a difficult choice is it! I’ve not written for a while, as I’ve been busy making websites, and I had a short trip to Spain too. I’m not going to write much today either, just a few things though: Princess Anne, the Princess Royal For...
Don’t expect a Christmas card

Don’t expect a Christmas card

If you got one from us last year … keep it, it will probably be the last one you’ll get! There was a time, back in the days when Paddy MacDee was a boy, that the ‘Royal Mail’ delivered letters three times a day, morning, noon and evening. The...