Going downhill #3?

Happy New Year (yes I know it's nearly spring, don't start!).

It seems somehow fitting that the first post I post after my previous incredulous age post should be a post about the age of my blog post-blogiversary (how many times can you get a way with writing "post" in a single sentence?).

It came as a bit of a shock last weekend, with sinuses bunged up with mucous and phlegm that I should realise that it was exactly twelve months since we went to Vienna, and this little adventure began.

I'm really sorry it has been so dull since my return! I will endeavour to try harder in the future, even if that only means posting posts about nice pictures and odd songs that happen across my path.

Going downhill #2

Forty bloody one!

how did that happen?

I did have a very nice birthday though :)

Going downhill #1

On the bus on the way to work the other day, I was sat in front of a couple of young professionals (yp).

Not that I was ear-wigging or anything... but, they were graduates recently moved here who were musing about acceptable areas to live in.

YP #1 was saying: "Apparently, Jesmond used to be really quite a smart area. You can understand why the people who have bought houses here are irritated by the increase in student accommodation"

YP #2 agreed "Yes, I think if I was looking to buy somewhere I certainly wouldn't want to live in Jesmond".