Author Archives: BarryH

Cars, social castration and ….. sunshine

Posted on March 3, 2011 by BarryH

As I admitted in the last blog, the case I sketched out for the car being a vehicle of social castration was oversimplified.  It is more complex than that.  I have no doubt the increased use of the car has … Continue reading →

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The car as a vehicle of social castration

Posted on February 27, 2011 by BarryH

I have been doing a lot of walking recently.  Not going up into the mountains but walking as a means of getting to places.  As explained in a previous blog my concessionary bus pass, issued in Wales, isn’t valid in … Continue reading →

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Grey economy business opportunity

Posted on February 22, 2011 by BarryH

In the first series of the Beiderbecke trilogy Trevor Chaplin, the James Bolan character, meets Big Al, played by Terence Rigby, and is introduced to the concept of the White Economy, the perceived threat of which is the underpinning of … Continue reading →

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Back to my origins

Posted on February 18, 2011 by BarryH

I travelled up oop North on the train.  At £13 return that takes some beating.  But it means that I am without the car while up here. So in more ways than one it has been back to my origins. … Continue reading →

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Grey, uncertainty, chaos ….. but put in perpsective

Posted on February 13, 2011 by BarryH

Apologies for the long gap since the last blog which was uploaded on 3 February.  Those suffering withdrawal symptoms should seek medical attention.  Or get a life.  At least one person out there cared enough to e-mail to check that … Continue reading →

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The grey cliffs of Sussex: or 3 Grey days and 2 sunsets.

Posted on February 3, 2011 by BarryH

And now for something completely different.  I’ve been down in Sussex staying with friends, walking along the cliffs and on the South Downs.  Very different from the Rockies …. and Greece … and Wales.  But with its own attractiveness.  Altogether … Continue reading →

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Recipes and the connexion between garlic and paragliding

Posted on January 30, 2011 by BarryH

It’s been pretty grey, cold, damp weather recently, the sort of weather when you tend to stay indoors.  Gardening out of the question.  Walking not very stimulating.   The mind starts wandering, mainly backwards rather than forwards. It’s amazing how the … Continue reading →

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Grey and Grumpy

Posted on January 26, 2011 by BarryH

I don’t know whether it is the return to grey weather or the insidious effect of Grey Britain but I seem to be becoming increasingly grumpy.  Seeing as I’m already well established as a Grumpy Old Man increased grumpiness can’t … Continue reading →

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…. and what about Grey Britain

Posted on January 21, 2011 by BarryH

I had intended to write this blog about Grey Britain.  The day I arrived back from Canada it was grey and wet and continued like that for 5 days.  But I got up on Tuesday morning to cloudless blue sky … Continue reading →

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Back to Grey Britain and a New Direction for air travel research

Posted on January 16, 2011 by BarryH

Wednesday 12 January and, sadly, very sadly, time to leave the Rockies and return home.  I have enjoyed it here very much.  The mountains, the rivers, the snow, the cold, the skiing, the walking, the town, the people.  And being … Continue reading →

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