Monthly Archives: January 2018

Call of duty

Posted on January 23, 2018 by Sophie

The first Lesta weekend of 2018 is a solid football day – Chelsea v Brighton on Radio 5 to accompany the outward journey and Man City v Newcastle on the return leg. In between there is the live ‘action’. TLF … Continue reading →

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Harrogate heartbreak

Posted on January 21, 2018 by Sophie

The FA trophy provided an opportunity for entrenching the North-South divide as the Mighty Saints hosted Harrogate FC. Some wax lyrical about whippets and flat caps in very bad Yorkshire accents while TLF has the sense to keep quiet her … Continue reading →

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Moist January

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Sophie

You’re giggling aren’t you? It’s that M word. ‘Moist.’ It gets a bad press. It’s the innuendo king of adjectives related to the states of being wet or dry or somewhere in between. And it’s getting its money’s worth for … Continue reading →

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A plague on both your houses

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Sophie

Well. Just TLF Towers to be precise. And then only TLF’s part. Mr TLF appears immune. Some hideous snot-ridden lurgy strikes TLF on 28 December and at the time of rambling continues to linger. Like a bad smell. If TLF … Continue reading →

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A Christmas miracle (minor)

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Sophie

The Christmas journey to Dorset was remarkably smooth and fast. Mr TLF likes to monitor all predictions of ‘getaway traffic’ and to his credit had chosen the day and time slot wisely. He had another thought (clearly he was on … Continue reading →

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