Richard
Many miles have I travelled
17 December 2022 The following book review was published in the Charlton Athletic vs Bristol Rovers match programme on the above date:...
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Nov 20, 202213 min read
What cost of living crisis? A long weekend in Lisbon
12-16 November 2022 After a smooth flight, the taxi ride from Lisbon airport produces the first surprise of our trip - and it’s a...
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Mar 19, 20215 min read
Please don’t bring your crappy British car to our country
19 March 2021 (another tale from 30 years ago in Hamburg) I’ve decided to move to Germany. And as if living and working in a foreign land...
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Feb 1, 20213 min read
Too much too young - my first day in Hamburg 30 years ago
1 February 1991 My overnight ferry from Harwich edged slowly forward down the Elbe river, breaking the surface ice as it went. I ventured...
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Oct 21, 202010 min read
Rotherhithe and Deptford - tall tales and bygone glories
14 October 2020 For today’s Covid-era walk we decide to stay south of the river, rather than venture foolishly into the pox-ridden north....
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Oct 1, 202010 min read
It’s life, captain, but not as we know it: Covent Garden and Soho in the era of Covid
28 September 2020 Following our trials and tribulations in the countryside, we are convinced that a walk in Central London will see us...
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Sep 17, 20208 min read
Sunstroke at Sandwich
15 September 2020 After the elementary errors that blighted last week’s trip to the country, we decide to have another go. It’s the same...
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Sep 11, 20207 min read
Two townies terrorised by benign Kent countryside (a.k.a. the Westerham/Chartwell loop)
9 September 2020 Now the schools are back, we’re trying our best to return to our old, pre-corona routines - in particular, a weekly walk...
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May 30, 20208 min read
Chislehurst - walking in our 'hood with Napoleon, Michael Jackson and Siouxsie Sioux
29 May 2020 My blog has been silent for two and a half months now - a couple of weeks longer than even lockdown itself, which seems...
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Mar 6, 202012 min read
Leave it out! Walking within the sound of Bow Bells
3 March 2020 Today we’re roughing it in the heart of London’s East End - or if not its heart, then certainly its spine, our route taking...
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Feb 21, 20208 min read
My miserable matches
It's about time for some Charlton content! This is an article I recently wrote for publication in Voice of the Valley (VOTV), the...
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Feb 16, 20209 min read
When we get to Warwick Avenue... (we carry on to Marylebone, Bayswater and Paddington)
11 February 2020 It’s a chilly day in London - with a biting wind that turns a theoretical temperature of +4⁰C into a “feels like”...
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Feb 7, 20208 min read
Notting Hill - the fame thing isn't real, you know, but the vibe certainly is
6 February 2020 Till today, I have somehow muddled through life without once visiting Notting Hill. I have seen the film though - many...
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Jan 28, 20206 min read
Woody shakes it up now (pace and bounce, pace and bounce)
28 January 2020 4th Test, Day 4: England 400 and 248, South Africa 183 and 274 all out. England win by 191 runs On the face of it, this...
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Jan 26, 20204 min read
Ronaldo comes on at 4-0 up
20 January 2020 4th Test, Day 3: England 400 and 248 all out, South Africa 183 all out South Africa need 466 runs to win So much happened...
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Jan 26, 20203 min read
Game, set and series
25 January 2020 4th Test, Day 2: England 400 all out, South Africa 88 for 6 It’s not quite game over of course, but it might as well be....
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Jan 24, 20203 min read
A game of two halves
24 January 2020 4th Test, Day 1: England 192 for 4 After two days of glorious sunshine on the high veld of Gauteng (“place of gold”), it...
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Jan 21, 20205 min read
Take a blow, Joe
20 January 2020 3rd Test, Day 5: England 499 for 9 dec, South Africa 209 and 237. England win by an innings and 53 runs Thankfully (if...
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Jan 19, 20206 min read
Tales of the good, the bad and the famous
18-19 January 2020 3rd Test, Day 3: England 499 for 9 dec, South Africa 208 for 6 3rd Test, Day 4: England 499 for 9 dec, South Africa...
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Jan 18, 20204 min read
Curates are yesterday's news as a Pope comes of age
17 January 2020 3rd Test, Day 2: England 499 for 9 declared, South Africa 60 for 2 There was nothing remotely rotten about England's...
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