Upavon
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Eyepatches, Wooden Bats, and the Great Glasgow Expedition
When Gary produced a bag of bare wooden bats—completely devoid of rubber—for today’s fun club fun day, every player’s carefully honed skills, technical advantages, and practised routines were instantly rendered useless. As an additional handicap, the A-team players were forced… Continue reading
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Medieval Keys, Limp Mode in the Cayenne, and Dog-Walk Epiphanies.
As I loaded the heavy toolbox into the car, a depressing thought struck me: hauling my tools in and out of the shed is becoming a bad habit I desperately need to break. Today’s mission was a trip to the… Continue reading
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Upavon Village Hall, Dump Runs, and Four Showers
With my toolbox loaded into the car, I headed out early to Upavon to tackle a few outstanding odd jobs around the village hall. I was on a strict mission: blitz the to-do list before the heatwave made physical labour… Continue reading
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Table Tennis, Mindset, and Surviving Heatwave 4.0
I was scheduled to wear quite the assortment of hats today. The morning began with my ‘Village Hall Chairman’ hat firmly in place. The glamorous task at hand? Opening up the hall for the annual fire extinguisher inspection. I also… Continue reading


