Today was the day we paid our visit to my family in Essex. We may have picked the worst day of the year to do this: the most direct route is via the M25 and the Dartford Crossing, which means we caught the queues for the A2 (people going to Bluewater) and the queues for […]
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Ewe must be joking
October 18th, 2005 · Comments Off on Ewe must be joking · Politics
I don’t know if anyone saw this story about Havering council in Essex. The report of it in Private Eye’s Rotten Boroughs was even more lively.
Tags: Essex·Funny·Town Planning·WTF
Last day of the holidays
September 6th, 2005 · Comments Off on Last day of the holidays · Life
Jayne and I both took this week off work to spend some time with the children, and as Charlie goes back to school tomorrow, today was our last trip out. Having visited places in West Sussex, Kent, Surrey and Hampshire, today I decided to show the family the sights of Essex. They have been with […]
Tags: Buildings·Essex·Family·Holidays·Nostalgia·Photos·Schooldays·Traffic
Day trip to Essex
May 21st, 2005 · Comments Off on Day trip to Essex · Life
Today we all went off to Essex to visit my family. Well I say “we all”, but Chrystal is away all weekend at an army cadet camp shooting at targets and going for 6:00am runs. And Charlie was spending the day with his real dad, so actually it was just three of us going there. […]
Tags: Essex·Family·Football·Town Planning