Tag Archives: pubs

Sunday mix-up

Posted on July 29, 2025 by royiii

How have you been coping with the heatwave? For me, the answer has been badly, with those record temperatures having some real side effects on the old lifestyle … Last Sunday was a case in point. The afternoon had been … Continue reading →

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Albert Alert!

Posted on October 28, 2024 by royiii

Whilst not exactly being the place where everyone knows my name, the Albert pub in Norbiton, south-west London is my closest approximation to the ‘Cheers’ template (‘Cheers’ is a legendary US TV sit-com set in a Boston based bar). Nestling … Continue reading →

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Wednesday night respite?

Posted on June 27, 2021 by royiii

Despite the best efforts of the delta or Indian variant, it looks as if some elements of my pre-covid lifestyle could be making a bit of a comeback… For the last three weeks or so my old Wednesday night routine … Continue reading →

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Normalising the new normalisation?

Posted on July 27, 2020 by royiii

The thaw has arrived! Those lockdown restrictions seem to be easing at a rapidly quickening rate, at least for the last three weeks or so, anyway. You won’t be surprised that a recent highlight for me was the reopening of … Continue reading →

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Phone for me?

Posted on September 9, 2015 by royiii

It finally happened -phonewise I have just entered the 21st century! The writing was on the electronic wall for my trusty Nokia for quite some time. When I bought it brand new all those years ago it was considered to … Continue reading →

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Bonfire night bombed out?

Posted on November 5, 2010 by royiii

Just in case any of you out there are of a nervous disposition I had better say now that I mean ‘bombed out’ in the social disaster kind of sense, not that there is some sort of second gunpowder plot. … Continue reading →

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History repeating?

Posted on October 28, 2010 by royiii

I guess you’ve all heard of De Ja Vu, and it accurately sums up what I am feeling at the moment – I am one of the sizeable number of SW Londoners who rent their homes. I have always felt … Continue reading →

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Leave it out?

Posted on October 14, 2010 by royiii

It happened again. Exactly the same scenario that took place a short while back happened at more or less the same time last year. In fact, this has occurred to me for the last 12 years, so it doesn’t come … Continue reading →

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Latte-less?

Posted on September 17, 2010 by royiii

It’s a real prospect, and it means that part of my life for the last three years or so has come to an end. Old habits die hard I guess, and one of my key ones was taking a lunch … Continue reading →

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Wey-lated!

Posted on August 9, 2010 by royiii

It’s been a long haul – just under nineteen months in the making – I still can’t believe it’s been that long! To coin X-factor phraseology, the journey wasn’t always easy. For a lot of that time I was feeling … Continue reading →

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