It was a few days after my birthday when I got a call from my best friend Dave to wish me happy birthday. Usually I get a text telling me I am an old fart and I haven’t visited… but he called this time. I always love it when Dave calls as we just can…
End of 25…
Well what an end to 2025! It started off not so great with me trying to get to meet a guy I am interested in, but seems that he ended up being ill so it didn’t happen. I decided I would get the ferry from Dover to Calais then go across France and look at…
Eager or needy?
I have been going on a few dates lately, and it’s weird territory for me as I had been in a relationship for best part of 6 years with a guy I really liked but it didn’t work out for reasons I will likely never know (but that’s a whole different story and there is…
Time is Precious
Earlier in the week I talked about curve balls, and about how my friend Brian had ben diagnosed as terminal and moved to a hospice. Being a friend (and just human) I had made arrangements to go see him in the hospice this morning… so well laid plans of getting on Manxman last night, diving…
Life’s Curve Balls
I have lived on the Isle of Man for well over a year, and from a mental health perspective it has been very good for me as it has given me time away from particularly Birmingham and away from the crazy business I created. I am the first to admit though it is far from…
The thin line of fun and not fun!
Last week I was away travelling and because I have not really done a lot in a long time “fun wise” I decided I would try put myself back out there a little bit. So I got chatting to a nice couple, about my age who lived near where I was travelling and were interesting….
Fu**
The past few days have been hard. A friend of mine who I met on island has been going through a bad time and yesterday decided to try and take his own life. I knew something was not right Thursday when I could not get hold of him and by Friday I was looking for…
A Year of Holidays… with more to come…
Storm Amy has just passed and now I am sitting in sunshine looking out towards the golf course, slightly sheltered from the wind with the little hill between me and the sea. I am always amazed how people on the island whinge when there is a storm and trees fall down as it takes the…
Technology
Well, I did it, I decided to ditch the PC and move everything to Mac! I have been with Mac before and started the journey a few years back when I moved the desktop PC to Mac mini, then bought an iPad (mainly so I could play my piano), and invested in Apple TV (as…
Buying Property…
I have tried to buy 4 properties on the Isle of Man and each time either the offer has been rejected, or the property turned into a bidding war. The most recent turned into a “we want more money so put in a sealed bid with your highest offer” – this is a level of…