Well well. Here I am, its been a long time. We are currently in Brisbane, Which, for me, has remarkable similarities to Stoke on Trent and is in the midst of a horrendous drought. Very soon taps will be turned off for certain hours of the day. This is the location we have chosen to make our split with a long term travelling partner and friend, Lola. It is time for her to move on to more yellow van adventures with a new generation of talent. Rest assured though th...

"Also I note the next blog will be the 100th entry. Will us loyal readers get some sort of special edition?"Extract from an e-mail from my brother Dave"Entry number 63 - China, A Retrospective Part 2... I demand a public apology you FOOL!"E-mail from Bruce Cambell"I have so many names"The Devil's Advocate"I know someday you'll have a beautiful life,I know you'll be a star,In somebody else's sky,But why, why, why cant' it be,Can't it be min...

"Tower, this is Ghost Rider requesting a flyby"-- Top GunSt Patrick's Day came and went with lots of work, lots of Red Bull, and more than a few Iraqi Occupations. We managed to break all records at the pub, including biggest day for takings, biggest week for takings, most Guinness sold, and longest shift ever worked (me with an impressive sixteen and a half hours). But it was a fun day nonetheless. The Australians go for Paddy's Day in a big way, not sur...

"As Bertrand Russell once said, "The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation." I think we can all appreciate the relevance of that now"."Was that on a beer mat?" "Yeah, it was Guinness Extra Cold".Shaun of the Dead*"The name's Ash, housewares... Come get some"Bruce Cambell, Army of Darkness**"You're so money and you don't even know it!"***Swingers"You were right not to trust me"Payback****"I'm going to live forever or die trying"Catch 2...

"I was just a young man when I did my first Three Point Fade Away. She was a French Canadian whose name I've since forgotten and who I met in France, in a bar that was all loud noises and pink carpeted walls. We drank, went skinny dipping in the wee small hours, made promises and held hands. I remember talk of a trip to the chain link bridge in Budapest, or maybe Bucharest. Then it started. Point One, e-mails regulary. Point two, e-mails every now and then, m...