The Nightmare of Childhood

New track from my band Sound of Flak “It’s all so horrible you know, the nightmare of childhood. And it only gets worse. One day…

Monsal Dale Viaduct

I wasn’t aware the tunnel at Monsal Dale had been reopened. Well I’m way out of date as it was back in 2011 when the…

Glass Music in print

Craig Feetham wrote an article for Sheffield’s My Kind of Town magazine and illustrated it with a photo of our band, Glass Music from about…

Alport Castles

Dave Horton and I went for a circular walk that took us up Win Hill, over to Hope Cross, down to Alport Farm, and then…

William Cheung’s Best Man

Will Cheung tied the knot with Joanna Raines today and he’d invited me to be his best man. We’ve been good friends since he employed…

William Cheung Stag Night

Will’s stag night was a fairly quiet affair…just the way we both like it…and so it turned out so did his old school friends. We…

Doddington Hall Sculpture Exhibition

I visited Doddington Hall today to look at the sculpture exhibition that was arranged around the grounds. It comprised 350 pieces from 70 artists and…

A week in Isle of Skye

I took a week’s holiday and spent it on the Isle of Skye. It’s the first time I’ve been to the island and I was…

Pete in Waders

First outing of my new Christmas present – a pair of green waders. I used them to get across the river at Black Clough. Seen…