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Mum & Son

That Was a Tough One

2009, August 28
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Long time no blog… I promised for my own safety (and the reader’s) that I would not write anything over the past few months. Mum’s illness (cancer) got much worse in May and after some time in St. Gemma’s, she finally passed away on July 1st, 2009. Here’s a picture of us from early June. We had [...]
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Anniversary / Elvington Air Museum

2009, February 16
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Wow! Our fifth wedding anniversary on Sunday Fifteenth Feb (2009). Off we went to York and stayed over at the beautiful Parsonage Hotel. Really nice place. Obviously at this time of year the scenery was a little lacking but all in all a great little retreat. Drunk some wine and had food, watched TV [...]
Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett, QI, Tears and Bad Weather

2009, February 5
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After tweeting about this last night, I felt a little more detail was in order. I’ve always been a huge fan of Terry Pratchett. Since right back when the first Discworld novel was released, I’ve been there. Inevitably I also became interested in the author. last night I happened to be flicking [...]
Snow in the garden Feb 2009

Steep Turns, 999, DoS and Snow

2009, February 2
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It’s been quite a weekend… Friday – Flying at Sherburn was awesome as usual. The weather was no good for flying circuits so we set off east, climbed to 3000 feet and I did my first steep turns. A steep turn is between 45 and 60 degrees angle of bank. In other words – If you look left you can see [...]
Halifax Bomber

Elvington

2009, January 21
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Planning a trip to Elvington (Yorkshire Air Museum) tomorrow. Hopefully will see a Spitfire or two. And this magnificent Halifax bomber. One of the reasons why we are sitting here in relative comfort today.
TT & PP

Back in the UK

2009, January 9
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Well that was an interesting interlude. Arrived in Dubai on December 30th to prepare for the New Year’s Eve event. It was revealed that NYE celebrations had been cancelled by Sheikh Maktoum (in a show of solidarity towards Gaza). Later it was revealed that he had changed his mind and entertainment [...]
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Heading to Dubai

2008, December 28
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One more gig tonight here in England and then heading off tomorrow AM for Dubai, UAE. Just a short trip this time, only seven days. Looking forward to some nice weather, swimming and seeing some old friends. Will attempt to Tweet from Dubai. :-)
MEAP 6

Day Off v2.0

2008, December 18
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Having a day off is never as simple as it should be eh? I am preparing for the release of a major update to my MEAP software. The work on that never ends. There is always something new to add. I didn’t intend to do much with MEAP today but as is often the case, my restless brain decided [...]
Nothing

Nothing

2008, December 17
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Well it’s The Quiet Before The Storm for me… Lots of work going on over Christmas. Then a flight to Dubai for more work. Public holidays are never holidays for those in the entertainment industry. Not much chance for rest after tomorrow. So I thought rather than explaining with words, I would post [...]
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Ahh Christmas Holidays

2008, December 16
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Finished the (Riffs & Rays) Lady Gaga mix after a long day at the studio. That’s it for the R&R team now until early January 2009. I still have a few gigs to do and of course will be performing as Phil Alan every evening over Christmas and New Year.
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