16 January 2026
Well what an end to 2025! It started off not so great with me trying to get to meet a guy I am interested in, but seems that he ended up being ill so it didn't happen. I decided I would get the ferry from Dover to Calais then go across France and look at houses in midi-pyrenees…
20 November 2025
I have been going on a few dates lately, and it's weird territory for me as I had been in a relationship for best part of 6 years with a guy I really liked but it didn't work out for reasons I will likely never know (but that's a whole different story and there is a completely…
13 November 2025
This week I went on a couple of dates, one guy I had two dates with - and he's a lovely guy! So why am I sitting here thinking I still wish I was with my ass hole prick of an ex? (note he's not an ass hole or a prick, what he did was super wrong but hey... you get my frustration…
8 November 2025
Earlier in the week I talked about curve balls, and about how my friend Brian had ben diagnosed as terminal and moved to a hospice. Being a friend (and just human) I had made arrangements to go see him in the hospice this morning... so well laid plans of getting on Manxman last…
5 November 2025
I have lived on the Isle of Man for well over a year, and from a mental health perspective it has been very good for me as it has given me time away from particularly Birmingham and away from the crazy business I created. I am the first to admit though it is far from perfect...…
28 October 2025
Last week I was away travelling and because I have not really done a lot in a long time "fun wise" I decided I would try put myself back out there a little bit. So I got chatting to a nice couple, about my age who lived near where I was travelling and were interesting. They had…
11 October 2025
The past few days have been hard. A friend of mine who I met on island has been going through a bad time and yesterday decided to try and take his own life. I knew something was not right Thursday when I could not get hold of him and by Friday I was looking for him and no one…
4 October 2025
Storm Amy has just passed and now I am sitting in sunshine looking out towards the golf course, slightly sheltered from the wind with the little hill between me and the sea. I am always amazed how people on the island whinge when there is a storm and trees fall down as it takes…