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Train Tickets Explained
Since mid 2008 I have been saving my train tickets. In the last year or so I have collected them together into a database. That meant I had to spend some time working out the data you get on a UK train...
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Westgate Aldershot: Spot the Difference
The long awaited Westgate ‘leisure complex‘ in Aldershot officially opened on the 26th October 2012. For the first weekend the only thing open in the complex was the cinema, with Morrisons opening the...
View ArticleGoodbye 2012, Hello 2013
As I look out of the window and the clouds below us, and the mountains below that, I’m minded to think that saying goodbye to Romania and hello again to England bears a similarity to saying goodbye to...
View ArticleTesco vs Morrisons: Price Comparison
Back in October last year a new Morrisons supermarket opened as part of the Westgate development in Aldershot about three minutes away from my house. Two minutes further down the road is the town’s big...
View ArticlePurely Creative and WeWanna: Some Clarifcation
About a year ago I wrote a blog post summing up the results of my experiment to claim a couple of prizes from a Purely Creative scratchcard — the type given away in newspapers and magazines — which I...
View ArticlePsephology: if Calder Valley had voted for an MP in 2014
Despite a swing to the Labour Party, if the pattern of voting seen when comparing the 2010 local election results (a poll taken at the same time as the last UK general election) to the 2014 local...
View ArticleDoes Romania Need a Cheerleader?
Or, more specifically, does Romania need this cheerleader? Please don’t get me wrong, this isn’t a personal attack on the author. Ethan seems to be nice guy with a genuine love of the country and the...
View ArticleThe Farnham Diary: Police, Social Media & Modern Writing
Each month I eagerly await the thud of The Farnham Diary dropping onto the doormat. Not for the news and local information it contains but for the pedantic nit-picking and the no-holds-barred comment...
View ArticleThe Love Tour: Radio in the Community
I’ve long been a supporter of independent local radio and listened to it in one form or another for as long as I’ve had my own tuner. I remember waking up listening to Mark Page and I think back fondly...
View ArticleCity Break in Rome
Last week Monica and I went off for a short break to Rome. We stayed about a week, landing Tuesday and flying home again on Saturday. I wasn’t expecting much before we flew out there — I’m not really a...
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Aldershot – our town centre coming together
Rushmoor Borough Council recently put out a consultation on proposed improvements to Aldershot town centre. The proposals cover three phases of work to improve the environment of the main shopping...
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Presidential Poster Bingo
Inspired by Bucharest Life’s post about the lack of campaign posters for all but two of the Romanian Presidential candidates, and with an hour to spare around Crângași in Bucharest’s Sector 6 last...
View ArticleRomanian Presidential Election: A Letter to Europe
In the wake of the mess of last Sunday’s first round in the Romanian Presidential, I helped Monica to write a letter to our local MEPs asking for their help to ensure that the second round, due to take...
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UCA Student Filming
We got a note through the door a couple of days ago about a UCA student film due to be made in the car park which my desk overlooks. It’s not the first time the car park has been used for student...
View ArticleYour move, Victor
Following Victor Ponta’s defeat to the (presumably soon to be ex-)mayor of Sibiu in Sunday’s second-round runoff presidential election in Romania, questions are bound to be asked regarding his...
View ArticleAldershot – the coucil’s response
I wrote back in August about a consultation put out by Rushmoor Borough Council regarding a £4.5 million pound regenration scheme of the Aldershot town centre. The response I posted on my blog was the...
View ArticleRomanian Presidential Election: Europe’s Response
I posted in November about a letter which I helped Monica write to our local MEPs (and a variation sent to some of the European Commissioners), and updated it a little while later expressing my...
View ArticleHow About a Round of Applause?
Am I the only London theatregoer left who thinks that a standing ovation should be reserved for only the very special — for time when you really have been blown away by a performer or cast — and not...
View ArticleGeneral Election 2015: South West Surrey
With the 2015 General Election looming ever closer, nominations closed, polling card received and occasional election communication dropping through the door, I thought I’d spend some time taking a...
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General Election 2015: Mark Webber (UKIP)
Details Full name: Mark Adrian Webber Party: United Kingdom Independence Party Website: http://markwebber2015.org/ Analysis We’ve been recieving leaflets and information from UKIP for a long time, well...
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