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Doug Akroyd »

Sodden to the skin

Posted on 10:22am Saturday 23rd August 2008

Saturday, and the cycling shoes are still wet from the torrential downpour on Wednesday night’s ride.

Doug Akroyd »

Lost in Bucks

Posted on 10:03am Monday 18th August 2008

I’ve been down south, and it’s not actually too bad.

Doug Akroyd »

The garden fights back

Posted on 10:53am Monday 4th August 2008

Maybe I shouldn’t really be gardening… well, pulling up nettles and brambles… in shorts, sandals and T-shirt. It’s asking for trouble.

Doug Akroyd »

Pipe of peace

Posted on 10:20am Monday 4th August 2008

"It’s alright, Doug, we’re not doing anything dodgy!"

Doug Akroyd »

Litter bugs

Posted on 10:04am Monday 4th August 2008

What is it about people that they are so lazy, they can’t be bothered to put a bit of litter in a bin?

Doug Akroyd »

Par for the course

Posted on 11:08am Wednesday 23rd July 2008

A two-year lay off from the fairways seems to have done wonders for my golf.

Doug Akroyd »

Costly celebration

Posted on 9:36am Monday 14th July 2008

It had to be the most expensive drink I’ve ever bought.

Doug Akroyd »

Wild and wet

Posted on 12:02pm Thursday 10th July 2008

There was almost a wavering by the the biker boys as the rain torrented down in The Dales… should we or shouldn’t we get soaked for a ride?

Doug Akroyd »

In-flight info

Posted on 10:57am Monday 7th July 2008

Being just back from an annual holiday abroad means that we have jetted in and out of the country, dabbing a hefty car-bon footprint or two in the process.

Doug Akroyd »

Held by The Police

Posted on 5:33pm Friday 20th June 2008

I don’t know why, but I seem to be getting stuck behind the inebriated concert-goer at recent gigs.

Doug Akroyd »

Mayhem on the way in

Posted on 12:11pm Friday 20th June 2008

There was carnage on the road this morning.

Doug Akroyd »

Crunch time

Posted on 9:42am Monday 16th June 2008

It’s sod’s law, I guess, that when you’ve got a couple of stitches in your head from the cyst removal procedure that you’re gonna bang your head .. and inevitably right on the spot where you really didn’t want to.

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