Anyone who knows me, knows that I hate the heat, so I would never ever come to Türkiye in the height of summer without a very good reason.
Today we had a very long lie in, so long breakfast was over (10:00) before we woke up. This could be down to:
The drugs I took for inse...
Today we had an early start because we were going on a boat trip. So we had an early breakfast, well it started at 08:00 so not that early.
After breakfast, we strolled down to the harbour to meet the others for the boat trip.
Lipsos Boat
Our boat was called Lipsos, but one ...
Since I have been in Kalkan a number of times people have praised my look and style, the first time was the hotel bar manager, Josef, who said:
I really love your harmony.
Today we had a leisurely day. We had a lie in and a late breakfast at the hotel. Once we were done th...
We decided the night before not to stay up to watch the Mexico v England game, as it wasn't going to kick-off until 03:00 in Türkiye. This was a great decision as the rain in Mexico delayed kick-off until 04:00 our time. When I awoke at 07:15 I put on the stream of the match...
It turns out that the Holiday Inn at Gatwick was a great idea. We both managed to get a good few hours sleep and awoke at 03:00. A quick turn around and we were outside the hotel waiting for the Gatwick Hoppa a shuttle bus that goes around the hotels before dropping off at t...
Today we leave home to go to Kalkan. When we originally booked our flight was at 20:40 but in April we received a notification, from Tui, that our flight had been moved to another flight. This was probably something related to the stupid war that Trump had started.
Our new f...
Today we leave home to go to Kalkan. When we originally booked our flight was at 20:40 but in April we received a notification, from Tui, that our flight had been moved to another flight. This was probably something related to the stupid war that Trump had started.
Our new f...
Today we went to Crystal Palace Park to see Kneecap play their largest headline show to date, there were 20,000 mostly Irish fans. Thankfully the temperature was much less than the previous few days and only peaked at 30ºC.
On the way we passed the Kneecap pop-up merch shop....
Tonight I went with friends to see Mark Thomas, practice his Edinburgh Fringe set.
The venue, The Museum of Comedy, was very intimate and based in the Crypt of St George’s church. There were less than 100 seats, it was nice and cool which was awesome because heat outside was...
Today we went to the Southbank Centre to see an immersive exhibition called Choose Love x Jon Hopkins.
When we walked in it was an absolute delight the room was filled with fog and the temperature was like being in a fridge.
Description
Part of Harry Styles’ Meltdown and Ref...
On the way in to The O2 I spotted Guadi having a cigarette before he went in.
There was a merch stand outside with a huge queue. I straight off ignored it as I wasn’t really interested. On walking in I noticed someone wearing a DEVO Energy Dome a red pyramid hat. Now I have ...
Here is my list of selected quotes and links from the speakers.
Rachel Andrew
No. Baseline doesn't create a hard line, past which you can never go.
[CSS gridlanes])https://gridlanes.webkit.org/)
If you’re doing a brand new project, just starting it today, well, most project...
We were in Brussels because yesterday we went to see Massive Attack at Forest national.
nHow Bloom
We stayed a the nHow Bloom near the botanical garden. This is the 3rd time I have stayed at this hotel this year. We have also stayed at the nHow hotel in Berlin. The nHow hote...
We traveled to Castleton in the Peak District to go see The Orb and System 7 play live in a cave.
The cave in question is known as the Devil's Arse, which is the largest natural cave entrance in Britain. It is also now one of the best venue's that I have ever attended a gig, if you get the chance to go to a gig here do it!
Today we return the Forest National in Brussels. This time to see Massive Attack.
Thai Cafe
Before the gig 7 of us met at Thai Cafe, a 10 minute walk to the venue, to get some food. The food was great and they had a good selection of alcohol-free beers, I had Bloemekéke and ...
I took Susan to AngloThai to celebrate her 60th birthday.
Discovery
In March this year I was watching MasterChef the Professionals and the chefs visited AngloThai to go work in the kitchen. The restaurant is owned my a British/Thai chef who learned Thai cuisine in Bangkok be...
Today in there were two Marches in London. The Tommy Ten Names, United the Kingdom, far-right march. The one I attended a Pro-Palestine and Anti-Far-Right March.
The last time Tommy Ten Names held a march was September 2025 and it was reported that there were 150,000 attende...
I have no idea what this is going to be, Chase & Status's marketing says:
Section 63 from @chaseandstatus - a world-first, groundbreaking immersive experience that blurs the line between the crowd and the chaos. This is not a show, it’s an experience.
School
In 1979 I moved up to senior school. School was different in those days before the Margaret Thatcher and Tories gamified (gamification was not a thing in those days but it is what happened) schools. When you left Junior or Primary school (7-11 year olds) you then went...
While I wasn't very well, this was still and amazing opportunity to see one of my favourite bands in a tiny venue.
I started by driving to Homerton to pick-up Stephen and then drove to Whitstable. Considering it was the evening I expected that there would be a great deal of ...
This year I have chosen to be in the moment and I have just collected quotes.
Oliver
Mad is what people call others with imagination
Nils
the face melting electron beam needs to be steered
I may have over reacted
Chip
the cat managed to get out of the box, go back hom...
Tonight I went with friend Oliver (of Pixel Pioneers fame, buy a ticket) to The Garage Highbury corner to see a band that I’ve never heard and never heard of. I went on Oliver’s recommendation as I know that we have similar tastes in music, plus he wanted someone to go with.
Today I went out for dinner with Ian and Callum. We were originally going to Phed Mark a Thai pop-up, until we realised that it closed at 16:30.
Since going to Chiang Mai and eating Khoa Soi I’ve been on a mission to find it in the UK. A few weeks ago I found it in The Eagle in Brighton. After a few searches and review reading I found Sen Sen Noodle bar in Soho, it was also part of the group with the Phed Mark pop-up.
The menu had multiple Khoa Sois:
Khoa Soi chicken
Khoa Soi short rib
Khoa Soi scallop and prawn
Khoa Soi confit duck
Khoa Soi braised beef
Khoa Soi lobster
I had chicken and Ian and Callum both had short rib. The sauce was really nice and even better once I had added the chilli oil. It was not as good as the one we had in Chiang Mai but it was very good and I’d really recommend it.
Even more acid, this time in a sold out venue in Nottingham.
Venue
This time the venue was the The Chapel above the Microbrewery pub The Angel home of Angel Beers.
Ian pointed out to me that in the past this venue was once a church and a whore house.
Dinner
Once we'd sound c...
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