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Up, up and away

Posted on April 26, 2024 by WeeKeef

I have never understood the thinking behind the early morning pint (or similar) at an airport before getting on a plane to parts foreign. The issue raised its head earlier this month when Mrs WeeKeef and I escaped the miserable … Continue reading →

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The Rarebit

Posted on March 12, 2024 by WeeKeef

Anyone paying any attention to this nonsense might be wondering what I meant by new roles and new names at the end of my last epistle. Well, ladies and gentlemen, it’s all about the circle of life. Of course we … Continue reading →

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The Last of the Crumblies

Posted on February 16, 2024 by WeeKeef

When I started doing this blog thing almost 15 years ago I had no idea what it should be, but I never envisaged it becoming a funeral procession. Or, to be slightly more accurate, a procession of funerals. And yet … Continue reading →

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Ideal Homes

Posted on January 29, 2024 by WeeKeef

I ended my last post with the suggestion that there might be stuff going on in 2024. Well, it’s been a fairly busy January, one way or the other, for much of the family. And much of it involves house … Continue reading →

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Boy 1 and the Girl from Leith

Posted on December 31, 2023 by WeeKeef

Here we are at the very end of 2023 and I still haven’t told you about the best thing that happened during this year – despite promising to do so ages ago. So come with me back in time to … Continue reading →

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Dizzy (My head is spinning)

Posted on October 30, 2023 by WeeKeef

It’s been a slightly odd week, health wise. Last Monday was no problem at all. Normal day and a fun first sing through new music with the glorious SCO Chorus, followed by post-rehearsal toast and a bit of American football … Continue reading →

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94

Posted on September 22, 2023 by WeeKeef

Those who know me well would not be surprised to learn that I can, without hesitation, tell you exactly how many sleeps there are till Xmas. As of today’s date there are 94. It’s one of those little things which … Continue reading →

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Daisy Daisy

Posted on June 30, 2023 by WeeKeef

We are nearing the end of a very pleasant week in North Yorkshire, exploring the moors and the spectacular coast around Robin Hood’s Bay, Whitby and Staithes. Our base for the week has been a really lovely rental property – … Continue reading →

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Conned

Posted on February 28, 2023 by WeeKeef

I might have mentioned previously that I do a bit of singing. Don’t worry if you’ve missed it, there will be more as the year goes on. Oh, yes.  But I think I have only mentioned in passing that Mrs … Continue reading →

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Nearly normal

Posted on December 31, 2022 by WeeKeef

So, how has your year been? After the upheavals of 2020 and 2021 it feels like we are getting back towards normal. Nearly. What is normal anyway? If the last two or three years have taught me anything it’s that … Continue reading →

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Dutch treat

Posted on October 11, 2022 by WeeKeef

I don’t understand algorithms. I mean, I know what they are for and, in general, how they work, but the cunning little bits of code lurking behind internet algorithms sometimes leave me nonplussed. Take Spotify, for example. Do you use … Continue reading →

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Her Majesty

Posted on September 19, 2022 by WeeKeef

My first memory of Queen Elizabeth II is very clear. I was just five years old, and I was sitting in front of our little black and white TV, helping the Mater to shell peas and watching Her Majesty opening … Continue reading →

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Home and Away

Posted on August 31, 2022 by WeeKeef

Like many before us, Mrs WeeKeef and I have plans to travel a bit in our retirement. Nothing too epic: we are not Marco Polo. But a round-trip taking in visits to both of our siblings in parts far-flung is … Continue reading →

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You’re not the boss of me

Posted on April 28, 2022 by WeeKeef

For the past 43 years, 3 weeks and 4 days I have been a civil servant. A government official. Or, as somebody once described me (wrongly) on the front page of a national newspaper, a “mendacious mandarin”. In that time … Continue reading →

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Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Posted on April 16, 2022 by WeeKeef

There I was, enjoying a second cup of Sunday morning tea, pleased that I had got through my first post-Covid week and planning how I was going to tell you all about how that week had in fact been my … Continue reading →

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I’m a Barbie Boy

Posted on March 27, 2022 by WeeKeef

I’ve never really been one for al fresco dining. Regular readers may not be surprised by this, being familiar with the fact that I don’t much hold with the idea of “outdoors” anyway. But eating outside strikes me as an … Continue reading →

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Positive thinking

Posted on March 22, 2022 by WeeKeef

On 17 March 2020 I wandered into my office after a rather disappointing weekend, to be met by my boss who promptly sent me home again. “Grab your stuff,” he said. “We’re going to be working from home for a … Continue reading →

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Yorker

Posted on February 16, 2022 by WeeKeef

A few years back Mrs WeeKeef and I had a very nice trip to York. A beautiful city just the right size for a bit of a wander. Yesterday, exactly seven years to the day later, we again boarded a … Continue reading →

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Memories are made of this

Posted on November 29, 2021 by WeeKeef

It’s been an odd few days. A week off work for one thing which, thanks to the combined joys of part-time working, St Andrew’s Day and actual annual leave, translates to 12 days without logging on. Good practice for the … Continue reading →

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Fat chance

Posted on October 9, 2021 by WeeKeef

I still think of myself as being blonde but it’s not really true. When I was very small I had angelic, golden locks but actually they faded quickly and I have spent much of my life a pretty non-descript fair. … Continue reading →

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