Unemployed bum or novelist-to-be? Addicted to my iPad or chained to my word processor? Getting up at 1pm or early riser? It’s been two weeks since I left my job, so how have I’ve been getting on? Freedom Friday 1st July. Today is my first …
Read MoreInto the unknown
Well that’s it – I’m done. I’ve left the office for the last time as an employed man after 16.5 years at the same company and have headed straight into unknown territory. The future is uncertain. The pay is zero. Fear factor is high. And …
Read MoreIndian bureaucracy
Guest writer: The one previously referred to as Shell. Yet another early start. We’ll be glad to get to Goa where our time will finally be our own. It’s a 5.45 rude awakening today as our first flight of the day leaves at 8.10. Inder …
Read MorePink elephants
Q: How do you know if an elephant’s been in your minibar? A: The Jumbo peanuts will be missing. Our final leg of this great little tour ends with Jaipur, known as the Pink City for the colour of many of its buildings. It promised …
Read MoreSupreme beauty
It’s not often I get out of bed before Shell. Nor at 5:15am. But when the incentive is seeing one of the most famous places in the world, you kinda make an allowance. Just a shame the sun wasn’t considerate enough to rise a little …
Read MoreHow the other half live
I’ve been on five continents, racked up a few countries. I’ve seen the super rich and downright poor. But today I’ve seen more life in 24 hours than I have since I first stepped outside my home isles 24 years ago. 6:30am, Delhi. Feeling fresh. …
Read MoreIndian getaway
Most people pop down to their local curry house on a Saturday night if they want a ruby – Shell and I decided we’d go authentic style. By the next morning, we were in India… It appears to me that the airport bag handlers in …
Read MoreBoro’s night of glory
I couldn’t let the events of Saturday 8th January pass without a blog on one of the greatest shocks in recent history… I’m actually here. The Lamex Stadium, Broadhall Way, Stevenage. I fully admit I’m hardly the most loyal Stevenage Boro – sorry, FC – fan …
Read More10 to 11
2010 was some year for me. How would I describe it in one word? A Journey. Ok, technically that’s two words but it’s my blog and I can cheat a little. Journey is certainly apt in the traditional sense – I have been lucky enough …
Read MoreNew York Marathon 2010: The Whole Story
It’s marathon blogging time again! Just as in 2008 (see https://andrewmales.com/2008/11/) I want to record everything about my marathon – from decision, to training, preparation, the race itself and the suffering afterwards. Why? Well, for one I have the memory of one of those orange …
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