First! Prize! Wow!
Life has been so busy lately, but so good. It really is true that hard work pays off. Just wish it hasn’t taken me 32 years to realise quite how much that’s the case! I have quite a bit of news to...
View ArticleMy Japanese Life (Part One)
Long time readers of my musings, of which I suspect there are actually very few, will know that this blog started out as 外忍者 – gai ninja – or “sneaky foreign person”. It charted my journey through...
View ArticleMy Japanese Life (Part Two)
In Part One I covered “my Japanese life in photos” before I got a job, when I was living in Tokyo and studying Japanese. There were lots of pretty pictures, which makes it suitable for people who have...
View ArticleMy Japanese Life (Part Three)
The last of the three posts about Japan, this is just pure tourist porn. If you’ve ever been tempted to visit, you really should. And if you haven’t, or you’ve got some pre-conceived ideas of what...
View ArticleGrisedale Pike to Causey Pike run/walk (photos)
I’m up in the Lake District with friends for a week. It’s my first holiday that’s not involved an obstacle race so far this year, and whilst that should mean sitting around eating, drinking wine and...
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