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Friday, 27 May 2016

Peaky Blinders (again) and don’t miss Alpha House, but most of all: RIP Prince, who had more talent in his little finger than many wannabes can dream of

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Bad Gastein - Last Day, but enough of that. This is the second post tonight. The first, which you might have spotted was in what I’m sure ...

Benim Türk ziyaretçilere (To my Turkish visitors)

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Her şeyden önce burada korkunç Türk affet . Ben Google Translate kullanıyorum ve çevirisi veya sadece tam bir saçmalık olup olmadığını ne ...
Thursday, 26 May 2016

Nothing much to report, so you’re probably wasting your time (even if you are visiting from Turkey). It’s up to you. I did have steak tartare for supper, but if that floats your boat, I really should seek help

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Bad Gastein – The Last But One Day It’s that itch to write again, which I can’t explain but which I don’t suggest has any further signific...

Will it all end in tears – either way? Well, that’s what they seem to be predicting. But, hey, I’m still on holiday

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Bad Gastein – Day before the Last Day (whichever that is) And the should we/shouldn't we tell the EU to fuck off and leave our cucumbe...
Monday, 23 May 2016

I visit to the set of Where Eagles Dare (or Burg Hohenwerfen as it is known hereabouts in Austria). And an open invitation to my Turkish and Russian visitors to make yourselves known

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Bad Gastein - Day Five Well, I did get off to Burg Hohenwerfen  (pictured), and some fortress it turned out to be. First built halfway thr...
Sunday, 22 May 2016

This is me high (up - 2,230m above sea level – oh, and the sequence of writing might confused, so get a grip). Then I give a well-deserved plug to my most recent favourite TV series – give it a crack, ‘cos you will not be disappointed

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  Like the original kid with a new you, I'm using my new app to wish you well from 2,230 high (1.38 miles apparently) above sea le...
Saturday, 21 May 2016

Just trying out. Later - seems to have worked, though I can't see yet how to add pictures on the app. And I make a new acquaintance, just by chance, a 54-year-old Bangladeshi Australian from Melbourne

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Bad Gastein - Day Three: Cup Final day when Louis van Hopeless's fate is decided. I have downloaded some kind of app which allows me t...
Friday, 20 May 2016

Not doing a lot, except spending some time with naked pensioners of both sexes (this is Austria, remember). And I give Peaky Blinders a plug

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Bad Gastein - Day Two I call it Day Two, but actually it is my third day here in that I arrived at Wednesday lunchtime, so really it is Da...
Thursday, 19 May 2016

‘Hier ist im Moment nicht viel los’ – no, there ain’t, for which I thank the Lord

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Bad Gastein - Day One This latest entry finds me washed up in somewhere called Bad Gastein, about 60 miles due south of Salzburg in Austri...
Friday, 13 May 2016

In which I go social, twice, although on a small scale and also reach out the hand of friendship to my Russian readers (whoever they are)

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Two social occasions to write about, both small-scale, but both very enjoyable and crucially not a mention of the EU, my cars, phones, Macbo...