Category Archives: World Tour

Chile to Argentina

Posted on September 1, 2011 by admin

I’m starting to recognise patterns in our behaviour as we lurch from country to country. An almost subconscious sadness on leaving some places is one thing but this knocks heads with excitement at getting somewhere else and trepidation that this … Continue reading →

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Beating sunderland on Twitter

Posted on August 22, 2011 by admin

We are well into the third month of the world tour. By this point I think I expected us to be as brown and tough as walnuts, multilingual, savvy, decisive and essentially, chilled. We have arrived in Santiago in Chile … Continue reading →

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So What Are We Missing?

Posted on August 15, 2011 by admin

Living the dream. That’s what we are doing. Wifey and I quit our jobs, flogged our cars, rented out the house and wandered off like Bill Bixby as David Bruce Banner at the end of The Incredible Hulk TV series. … Continue reading →

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Football in Costa Rica

Posted on August 8, 2011 by admin

The headmaster from my school, Jack we called him, was responsible for teaching me Geography but as he was a sweaty, sadistic, pervert prone to fits of unreasonable purple rage I didn’t respond well to his feeble guidance. My desk … Continue reading →

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Newcastle in the USA

Posted on July 28, 2011 by admin

Many people on discovering that we were going to be in The United States this month assumed, quite understandably, that Wifey and I had planned to be here to see Newcastle United’s pre-season fixtures. The truth is we are here … Continue reading →

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So, is the USA F***ed or what?

Posted on July 20, 2011 by admin

Seems a rude question for a guest to be asking or answering. Judging by a lot of the evidence you would think so. We flick round the TV channels in a succession of cheap motels making our way back to … Continue reading →

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Right Song at the Right Moment

Posted on July 15, 2011 by admin

The eagle-eyed amongst you will have noted that every day on this blog has had a “Right Song at the Right Moment” tagged onto the end of it followed by a track and an artist you probably hate or have … Continue reading →

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Moab Rocks

Posted on July 10, 2011 by admin

Circumstances beyond our control meant we were ahead of schedule on arriving in Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City itself meant we were even further ahead of schedule by the time we left. Damn place gave me the creeps. Not … Continue reading →

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At Last He Mentions the Football

Posted on July 5, 2011 by admin

Sunday 26th June If I thought shipping out of Newcastle was going to mean my avoiding the summer silly-season, where you think intensely about football even when there is no football to think about, I was wrong. I guessed as … Continue reading →

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The Deadwood Stage?

Posted on June 30, 2011 by admin

Before this journey began, back in Newcastle, when we could stand no more packing, organising or communal screams of frustration we would settle down in front of the TV. Time was short so our choice of viewing was strictly monitored. … Continue reading →

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