Grumpy, middle aged, tech genius with passion for music, all things geek @spokenlikeageek & Williams Racing @WilliamsDBF1. Views mine.
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My god the latest @RGalbraith / @jk_rowling book is annoying. 50% in and I want to take Strike by the lapels and shout this at him.
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I know, you have two questions: Day Five Day five was another day at sea. This time no attempt was made to go behind the scenes or to take trip to the flicks. Instead, we contended ourselves with eating, dri… neilthompson.co.uk/2026/06/0…
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The last Spanish stop on this cruise was in Vigo, no I’d never heard of it either. The more cruises you do the more this becomes an issue. Once you have done Barcelona, Rome, Athens, Dubrovnik etc you are left… neilthompson.co.uk/2026/06/0…
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Toady we docked in La Coruña, a pretty looking Spanish port but this was not to be the destination for the day. Instead we boarded a coach that drove us an hour to the town of Lugo. Guide but not Guided This e… neilthompson.co.uk/2026/06/0…
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When you think of Spain what do you think of? Brits holidaying on the Costa del Sol, possibly? Barcelona and Real Madrid, perhaps? Basque separatists, maybe? Sunshine, definitely! So, it came as a bit of a shoc… neilthompson.co.uk/2026/06/0…
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The days at sea on a cruise are always very lazy days with little to do. This year I’d decided that to counter that I’d take part in a couple of activities that were likely to be running based on past trips… neilthompson.co.uk/2026/06/0…
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Just had an interesting call from an unknown number:
Me: hello?
Man: did you just call me?
Me: no
Man: yes you f**king did you f**king c**t just f**k off!
Number blocked.
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May 29
I suspect that the films of Wes Anderson are a bit of an acquired taste— a bit like Marmite. I find them fascinating as much for their visual appeal as their storylines, but I can imagine… neilthompson.co.uk/2026/05/2…
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May 28
On the hottest day of the year so far, I made my way up to London to pay a visit behind the scenes at Shakespeare’s Globe on an organised tour. Not One, Not Two but Three This isn’t, in fact, the first Glob… neilthompson.co.uk/2026/05/2…
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May 25
I forgot to post this when I posted about the walk itself but I thought it was still worth showing.… neilthompson.co.uk/2026/05/2…
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May 23
It’s been a long time since we have done a leg of the Thames Path. Too long in fact. It was eight months ago that we did the last leg ending in Shillingford and made the bold statement … neilthompson.co.uk/2026/05/2…
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May 17
Not sure what’s going on in Reading town today, I think it’s to do with the Uni’s 100th, but it looks and sounds great.
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May 11
It’s the time of year once again for the Reading Walks Festival. This year we are booked on to four walks which was the most that interested us and that we could make. There i… neilthompson.co.uk/2026/05/1…
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A while back I had the opportunity to visit the Mini factory in Oxford. Actually it isn’t a “factory” but a “plant” in the same way it’s no longer an “engine” but an “ICE” and a “… neilthompson.co.uk/2026/05/0…
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I said in yesterday’s post that I was able to cross off not one but two items from my bucket list. This was because we managed to squeeze in a trip to the British Library on our way back from Highgate Cemetery.
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Having so recently talked about my bucket list it’s nice to report that I have ticked another one off the list (actually it was two but that’s a story for another day). This time it was Highgate Cemetery, somewhere that has long been on the list.
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Apr 17
Such a shame that @ReadingCouncil put up this lovely mural only so it can never be seen as it's always a car park.
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