Richard Whiteley (1943-2005)
I just found out that the legend that is Richard Whiteley sadly died today just days after undergoing heart surgery. Richard Whiteley, who has died aged 61, endeared himself to millions of television...
View ArticleDay 147: Disappointing Work
What was planned as quite a busy day ended up not being quite as productive as planned… We did cover quite a few jobs in the morning, but the afternoon ended up as a bit of a wash out. I spent it...
View ArticleDay 222: 4 Sidetracked Caches, 3 FTFs, 2 Souvenirs & A Fish Pie For Our Tea
Ha! I’ve wanted to get a title like that for ages… Firstly, we had a little plumbing incident this morning. Nothing too amazing, but it’s at least sorted. A slight leak from an outdoor pipe, that’s...
View ArticleDay 286: “A Squirrel Trapped In A Pedal Bin”
The Japanese Grand Prix was one of the better races in this last half of the season. It wasn’t a race dominated by one car, there were battles through the field and it was a bit of a cracker all round....
View ArticleDay 304: A Day Of Work. Kind Of.
Today was spent getting things ready for being back in school next week. Nothing very interesting went on to be honest. I haven’t watched a huge amount of TV, but listened to a lot of music. I made a...
View ArticleDay 305: When No Decisions Were Made.
I have no clue where today has gone. Done a lot of things, seen a lot of people, but not actually made much progress on significant things. The geocache we found today was in a lovely location. The sun...
View ArticleDay 314: A Work Filled Sunday
Today was mostly spent marking a set of books after procrastinating over them for a long while. The evening was spent having tea with my family for my dad’s birthday. He’s 64. There’s a song about...
View ArticleDay 317: Another Lump Of Not Muchness
It’s getting to that stage where nothing much is happening at school right now but plans are being made for Christmas time. We are planning a carol concert and work on the songs will take up time most...
View ArticleDay 320: Band & An Event
Grange Moor Brass Band‘s new web site went ‘live’ (a horrible phrase) today. So far it has had over 200 visitors since the switch on at 12 o’clock. Links from Facebook and Twitter have helped boost...
View ArticleDay 331: 300 out of 366
Today it was decided that the next few weeks are going to be Christmassed up to the max – tinsel everywhere, baubles hanging from whatever possible hook and lights flashing incessantly. It’s...
View ArticleDay 341: A Nice One
This Saturday has been a good one. It has mostly consisted of playing with Grange Moor in Honley and Kirkwood Hospice – the latter I was only a deliverer of Mrs Pitts, but it was nice to be there. We...
View ArticleDay 346: Tired
Mrs Pitts has had today off work with no voice. She still hasn’t got one, but is going to drag herself through the day tomorrow. I haven’t been the best of people to spend time with. If I haven’t been...
View ArticleDay 347: A Friday of banding
This evening was Grange Moor‘s Christmas Concert. I missed my work do for it – I have a rule that whoever “books” me first will always win. Being in two bands means that there leads has to be...
View ArticleDay 360: Boxing Day
Today we grabbed a quick cache in Bradford, by the Alhambra Theatre. A lovely way to fill a calendar gap. We only have two more gaps in December: tomorrow and the 29th. We are now up to 170 consecutive...
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