Category Archives: Grey Britain

Time running away; the need to prioritise

Posted on May 30, 2011 by BarryH

Once again I regret the absence of the Blog for many days now.  To use a cliché, time has been running away from me.  Strange concept that, given that we think of time is a kind of measuring rod, something … Continue reading →

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Travels in 3 counties; The Lowry and Salford Quays; architecture as art

Posted on April 3, 2011 by BarryH

This time I was up North I’ve been gadding around a bit seeing people and places I haven’t seen for a while.  Monday I met up with my old college friend Ross and went over to Sheffield to see another … Continue reading →

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Garden devastation and uncertain future

Posted on March 14, 2011 by BarryH

Another stint in the North is over.  Back home again to try to get to grips with the wreckage in the garden left by my absence last summer and the unusually cold winter.  By now it’s emerging which plants have … 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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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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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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