Well what a relief the students are back, I can tell you. It’s been a long hard summer without them, and we’ve not had much sunny weather to brighten up an otherwise miserable holiday season. Speaking of holidays, I didn’t even manage to get one this year due to a number of factors, one being the fact that Mrs Taxi [...]

Longridge is a market town to the North of Preston, retaining a distinctive character it is well served by a diversity of watering holes. Here is a quick guide to Longridge pubs, not exhaustive, but my favourite run. As you approach from Preston via Grimsargh (No 1 Bus) the first Pub you encounter is; The Old Oak, a pleasant traditional [...]

2010 has been a difficult year for me financially; the recession bit very hard into my takings, my best customer found love and now hardly goes out any more, and fuel prices rocketed. Personally, 2010 has been cruel too, with an immediate family member being diagnosed with cancer, and the subsequent fear & upset within my own home. On the [...]

The news that the far right ‘English Defence League’ plan to demonstrate in Preston fills me with foreboding. This group has held protests up and down the country, and everywhere they go, they bring violence and division. Many of their members are convicted soccer hooligans, and they seem to enjoy nothing more than provoking trouble, whether it is with Asians, [...]