The years go by, the wrinkles appear and yet I still love Christmas as much as I ever did and it’s getting more and more annoying hearing descenting voices about the festive season. Why? Its actually irrelevant whether you are religious or not, Christmas is a great opportunity to forget ...

So for a while now I’ve had a slight problem with one of my eyes. I mean Ive always been blind as a bat and use contacts or glasses but this was something different. The brilliant optician at Dolland & Aitchison referred me to Royal Eye Hospital, ...

Hottest July day since 1911 (Press Association) Wednesday July 19, 2006 6:38 PM Britain has sweltered on the hottest July day for nearly a century as the current heatwave reached its peak. The all-time record British temperature for the month was smashed when the mercury hit 36.3C (97.3F) ...

This hot spell just aint good for me. Ive never been good in the sun and this heat is just not good for a pale skinned Englishman who loves rain and snow. Make it stop, make it stop…

Saturday was hot. Very hot. Perfect for family BBQ time and as ever it was great to all be together and eat and drink too much. It’s funny how I never tire of being together as a family. Its funny how my sister got all the looks in the family. ...

I’m not sure if anyone noticed or not but the site has been offline for a couple of weeks, and theres a story behind it. Part One: Danno’s car gets broken into, his Sat-Nav and Tax stolen, windows broken and general mayhem. Part Two: Danno’s websites get hacked ...

It’s weird when you wake up from a long sleep and don’t know who or where you are. That’s how I feel these days. I feel I’ve finally woken up to what is going on around me and have decided it’s not going to continue. A friend should always be ...

Making good friends has never been something I have done easily. I count my good friends on the fingers of one hand, and I like it that way - it means that the ones I keep close, I trust and love the company of more than anything. In the space ...

There’s just something about a Sunday. The fact that there are no deadlines for me, no time slots, no racing round to get there on the dot. The fact that I can get up and sit in my pants for hours on end doing absolutely nothing, then have a bath, ...

Coming from a very, very big family it’s very easy to forget that they are always there, even when you are not thinking of them. And then when a massive family get-together occurs you realise that the safety net they provide is still there no matter whether you have thought ...