#34 Completed – Le temps qui passe
The very final thing on my list… Read a French novel. I have actually read one or two before but this was back in the time when I was actually studying the language for A Levels and had a vague grasp...
View Article#20 Completed – I’m hungry so lettuce eat
Growing your own grub is a longitudinal challenge for me in this one. I must first of all credit my mum because it is her wide knowledge of home-grown veg that enabled me to complete this one. She has...
View Article#61 Completed – busting a rhyme
One of the worst things at school was my poetry anthology. It is a good job that Stabilo don’t make sharp highlighters because hours of analysing Simon Armitage and Carol Ann Duffy is enough to make...
View Article#51 Completed – souperb
So, to make a cocktail. Interesting one because there are a heck of a lot of cocktails out there. But I was thinking to myself, not too many savoury ones. And recently, I have become a tad partial to...
View Article#10 Completed – kinda copping out
This one I’m less chuffed about. This was my encounter with failure of not being able to achieve what I wanted to. The one thing that has always scared me is the bungee jump. Sky dive no worries,...
View Article#13 Completed – the generation game
Teaching somebody something. Quite vague this one. Originally I was thinking I would end up teaching someone to juggle as this is relatively common occurance. But this doesn’t really do too much good....
View Article#12 Completed – sophistication
The Opera. One of those things I have always fancied saying I’m into but secretly would endure having to watch. But, what is one actually like? I got Giacomo Puccini to help me out. It was a message...
View Article#8 Completed – Naturelle
Okay, so the naked one is actually a thing I completed ages ago, and completely neglected to upload… Well, I’ll be honest, I was a bit tentative with this one. Many weeks of umming and ahhhing over...
View Article#17 Completed – reminiscences
Make a scrap book of all my memories of my time at university. I have actually made a slight amendment to this one. Instead of finishing absolutely everything off, I’ve decided to complete the book...
View Article#53 Completed – coincidence
I’m a big fan of Marcus Brigstocke. Growing up and still living in a house dominated by the voices of Radio 4, I have enjoyed his contributions on Just a Minute and occasionally The Now Show. Would...
View Article#4 Completed – I do not like hills
Here are a selection of the equipment I used this morning. Arising at an unweekendly 7am, I found myself preparing for a triathlon for the first time. I should probably have sorted preparing some time...
View Article#41 Completed – Kinda sketchy
I wish I took time to learn to draw. I used to do cartoons when I was younger but nothing more adept than a few squiggles. Several years ago I was at the London Graphics Centre and saw a special offer...
View Article#47 Completed – owed by the oed
I needed to invent my own word. So, after many commutes to work and time spent lying in bed waiting to lose a bit of consciousness, here it is: to cobo verb making the most of the opportunities...
View Article#45 Completed – Nie rozumiem
Language is like a bascule bridge. Great for connecting with people but a complete barrier if the bridge is up and you don’t share a language. Now, being a native English speaker, I rarely encounter...
View Article#34 Completed – Who let the dogs out
This one came from my good friend Dom. In discussing booking the opera for #12, he mentioned that Wimbledon Stadium was calling to him from his young, professional pad, just round the corner. Greyhound...
View Article#54 Completed – emergency training
I was once walking back to my brother’s flat in Clifton, Bristol when we noticed a girl perched in a very precarious position above a long pavement staircase. We decided to check to see if she was...
View Article#18 Completed – Learning to surf
Since returning from university 10 months ago, there has been one very troubling thing in my parents house… The internet connection is rubbish. It’s real sad that so much of life does revolve around...
View Article#11 Completed – Nigel the wingman
Dating. What a horrible word. I really don’t know what I’m doing when it comes to dating. Do people even go on dates? I think I’ve been on dates before. Definitely one, I couldn’t find the restaurant...
View Article#7 Completed – My nowhere near marathon run
There is nothing more inspiring than the London Marathon. I absolutely love watching it, often almost bringing me to tears watching some of the runners supreme efforts. Every year, I always think...
View Article#24 Completed – The murky side of Surrey
I was walking back from my daily commuter train – the 17.15 from London Bridge to East Grinstead. From leaving at the rear door of the 3rd carriage (the closest door to the stairs at Upper Warlingham...
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