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Camilla and Charles in their 2013 Christmas card, looking pretty much as you’d expect if you stumbled upon them. “Want to trade hats?” “Not now Charles, maybe when we get home.” 2014: Cheers 2015: Have a cozy Christmas 2016: Duty … Continue reading →

What blogs? you ask, if you don’t mind my conjuring you up and dropping you seemingly in mid-paragraph. Present company excluded, those would be Another Cycling Forum, since retired except for the slowly expanding l’image vidage collection, and Not Another Cycling … Continue reading →

As a kid I spent five years delivering the paper (these links will give you some local flavour). Wednesdays were thickest with ads, Thursdays thinnest. Saturday mornings coldest. The most replayed mental video clip of my young life was an … Continue reading →

[Approaches podium, Hi my name is Sam and I’m a sugar addict, etc.] Well, I knew the day would come. I even cold-bloodedly planned for it in various fantasies, most lately involving peanut-butter fudge. To take my mind off the … Continue reading →