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The Red Devil
Quiet times in The Great Institution of Chatham Street (TGI of CS) are my favourite. These are the times when I wander inside, white cane in hand, and have my choice of seats at The Holy Grail Known As The Bar (THGKATB). My current favoured location at THGKATB is situated just past the first set…
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Now it looks as though they’re here to stay
Yesterday my feet started to feel a little itchy again. It had been a couple of months since I last boarded a Two Winged Wonder. It was time for a return visit. My first port of call was Dublin Airport en route to London Gatwick. An early Two Winged Wonder Journey (flight) time meant I…
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The Blind Shepherd
From time to time I take the painful decision to temporarily put some distance between The Great Institution of Chatham Street and My Good Self. My feet get itchy. Ireland is a beautiful country. It just requires a little time and effort to explore it. Up to a few years ago I had spent more…
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My Clarinet And Harmonica Mate
The musical connection between My Good Self and My Clarinet And Harmonica Mate (MCAHM) began a few seasons back in the German Alps. We had skied together many times and would often bump into one another at social engagements back in The Home Country. However it is music that has come along to forge a…
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All My Troubles Seemed So Far Away
I have no idea what Paul McCartney got up to yesterday. What I can say with absolute certainty is that it was a busy little number for My Good Self. Having watched The Boys From Anfield scrape past The Red Bull Lads in a topsy turvy affair on Wednesday evening, my energy reserves were feeling…
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Vidal of Portobello
The Great Institution of Chatham Street (TGI of CS) has standards. It’s the kind of place which encourages a certain level of intelligence and decorum. I am very much in favour of these standards. As such, in order to ensure that I continue to be served The Life Enhancing Liquid of Chatham Street, I must…
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Sergeant Major Saab
I first happened upon Sergeant Major Saab (SMS) in the foothills of the Wicklow Mountains. We had both arrived there for a little Pre Expedition Training. My own upcoming Expedition would not prove overly demanding. The Expedition which lay ahead for SMS seemed quite a challenging prospect. He was heading to the Himalayas and Everest…
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Smooth As Silk
Smooth As Silk (SAS) is another one of My Skiing Buddies. In fact SAS is the person who had the dubious honour of assisting me on my first ever proper ski run. Along with a few others who had issues with The Two Spherical Objects On Either Side Of The Nose, I had made my…
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The Guinness Pensioner
The Guinness Pensioner (TGP) is one of My Skiing Buddies (MSB). She is the reason that I have found myself putting pen to paper of late (or rather making quite a lot of use of the Notes app on my phone). In a previous existence many moons ago I had done a little bit of…
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That’s what friends are for
Thus far in my helter skelter existence I have never sauntered down the marital path and whispered those brief and Life Changing Words (LCW)- I do. So, I did not, and the meandering laneways of life have directed me down an alternative avenue. Being someone who has never uttered the LCW I feel the need…
Blind light 