True, walking up and down hills in agony with an enormous amount of weight crippling your back is not always the best way to spend your time. True, I just posted a kilogram of clothes home, so that I now really do look like a tramp at all times, with no clean clothes to change […]

‘212 miles of the Southern Upland Way’ – a nice jaunt with a few bottles of Buckfast I figured. ‘Experienced and fit walkers only should attempt this’ – heck, I’d been walking on a virtually daily basis for decades, how hard could it be? ‘Can take between 14 and 20 days’ – sod it, I

“Hello, is that Directline?” “Yes, how can I help you sir?” “I’d like a quote for some Death Insurance please.” “Death Insurance? I don’t follow sir.” “Insurance against me dying. Against my death. You know, death insurance.” “Ah, I think you want ‘life insurance’ sir.”