Motorbikes, trips & travels. Words & pictures from the road.

Yesterday was our anniversary so in addition to a no expenses spared morning refreshment at a local garden centre we went out for a bite to eat at a very decent place called The Midland in Marple Bridge and that we had as a gift from Sarah and Damien (at Christmas)

boom, boom, boom

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| Football

A devastating two minutes in the second half of the Cup Final saw Sunderland hearts broken as City won the 2014 Carling Cup 3-1 at Wembley and confirmed (again) their top class status in Manchester. We had a thoroughly good day out and now wait for the match on Sunday when City take on Wigan […]

baby name news

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| Family

our beautiful granddaughter has a name and that totally suits her: Emma Marie

i still get excited …

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| General

… about a trip to Wembley, just hope I’m not arriving home dissapointed. A win and the drive back is a breeze, with phone calls, conversation about the highlights and the winning goal and as much radio discussion as we can get a defeat and it’s a quiet subdued journey and just a chore. We’ve […]

training, tactics and take aways

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We’re off to Wembley in the morning to watch City play Sunderland in the Carling (League Cup) Final – and as every football fan knows (and probably fans of most other sports as well) it’s not enough to have the best players, fine managers, superb training facilities, sports scientists, nutritionists, physios and the like – […]