American Adventure - A Photo Diary Pt. 1

Pacific Coast Highway, CA

Morro Bay, CA

Milky Way, AZ

New York, NY

San Francisco, CA

Portland, OR

Oregon Coast Road, OR

Avenue of the Giants, CA

Pacific Coast Highway, CA

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, CA

Pacific Coast Highway, CA

Mojave, AZ

Times Square, NY

Joe's Pizza, NY

Broadway, NY

The High Line, NY

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Pho

If you've ever been lucky enough to sample this Vietnamese noodle soup, you'll know the experience is one that quickly becomes a sense-memory. The deep, sweet, savoury aroma is enough to throw me back to a lovely day in Greenwich with my wife, when I first tried Pho. I would one day like to augment that memory with an additional, more authentic experience in Vietnam. After lockdown, perhaps :) Pho might be my number 1 food - once I get the craving, it's all over - it's pho or bust! It has everything: flavour, skill in cooking, and passion to spend so long bringing it together. This is my recipe for Pho - it's a dish I am truly passionate about and getting it right (or what I feel is right for me!) took a lot of research, and trial and error. Be warned, this is a long cook - 6-7 hours - though most of the time is spent tending the broth rather than anything else, and it generally comes together very quickly at the end if you do your prep in advance. ...

Brexit: An Open Letter To A Short Sighted Nation or "Should Have Gone To Specsavers, Lads"

I have some things to get off my chest and what better way than howling into the abyss of the internet. This may be rambling and given to hyperbole, but its my blog and if I can't give in to loquacity here, where can I? How did we get into this ridiculous situation? How did we ever think that even flirting with the idea of extricating ourselves from an infrastructure built on cooperation and trust, nearly 60 years old, was going to be anything but disastrous? I voted to "Remain" in the European Union in the 2016 Referendum. I voted to Remain because, at the core of it, I believe in a world where we are one race, one people; forward thinking, inclusive and progressive in our attitudes. This is what we should be working towards. Is Britain Great? The cries of "I want my England back" are closely linked with the idea Imperialism. The Empire is dead. The lands and resources that made up The British Empire, taken almost entirely by for...

Yoga. The Best Hardest Thing I Have Done.

About 3 weeks ago I started Yoga. This was after toying with the idea for...about 7 years! I could never find a class near me, at a time that worked and I must admit, my own masculinity stopped me a lot of the time. I saw it as girly. Why do I need Yoga? Men bench press, that's all we need right? No. There are a lot of types of strength and Yoga is its own category. I have been lifting weights seriously for around 5 years - not that it shows! However my personal bests (so I can show off a little bit): 60kg EZ Curl 100kg Bench / 80kg Working Weight Body Weight Shoulder Press (Machine) 180kg Deadlift 300kg Leg Press That last one resulted in my nearest brush with passing out while lifting. So I thought I would attend a local Yoga class and breeze through. Nope. Not happening. This is a different kind of strength, mostly in the mind. Brute-force and a level of stupidity will get you far lifting weig...

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