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That is well weird! I was watching Steven Poliakoff on BBC 4 talking about Perfect Strangers which I don’t remember watching even though I’ve always liked Steven Poliakoff stuff but thought I’d better switch channels as if I am going to watch it I don’t really want to know what happens.

Of course my beloved Wise Eagle runs in the 4.10 too. Not sure what to expect especially as they seem to be running him on unsuitable ground which surprises me. It took him a long time to get over his run at Doncaster ( although that was because he lost a shoe in the race). He’s been freshened...

I’ve only been to Newbury once. We went out onto the corse to watch them jumping one of the fences and I found myself standing next to Robin Cook. I didn’t speak to him assuming that he was having a day out and didn’t want people bothering him but, in retrospect I don’t think he would have...

I was discussing Comfortably Numb with my lovely dentist last week when I had to have a filling replaced and he asked me if I wanted to be numbed up (of course I did, I always think of Marathon Man when I’m sitting in the dentists chair). It led to us having a difference of opinion about whether...

The "swan wing burial" refers to a Mesolithic burial site in Vedbæk, Denmark, where a young woman and her newborn baby were interred around 4000 BC. The baby was placed on a swan's wing, which is believed to be a symbolic act of care and perhaps a representation of the child's passage to the...

Also, Johnny Flynn ( also very attractive and my current favourite singer) does the music. It is one of those programmes that I put on repeat when I’m pottering about the house so I can dip into it).

I just had a last minute bet on Samir! ( am pottering about in my computer room and thought of all the recent times when I didn’t back a complete outsider recently and they’ve won, given that I often throw a few pennies at them!)

Shifty. Documentary on BBC iplayer.

I’ve never forgotten the night ( 55 years ago in fact) that I got drunk on barley wine ( having been told it was a cheap way to get drunk). Remember feeling that someone was hitting me over the head with a hammer. The scrumpy was different. I was very very sick…and I was camping at the time in...

Can’t stomach cider ever since getting very drunk on scrumpy in Cornwall in my late teens. It just dawned on me that it might be what caused me to have problems with acidic drinks throughout my life eg fruity teas used to give me migraines. One new year when everyone else got very drunk I was...

There’s one for sale on pininterest but I can’t access it as I’m locked out of Facebook and they must be connected.

I’ve got one in the utility room cupboard. Was passed on to me from someone that was having a clear out of their racing mugs ( couldn’t understand why they would do that!). There’s also a Northumberland Plate one and a Grand National one. I haven’t used them because I always break my favourite...

When I slightly fell out of love with The Grand National the Ebor became my favourite race. We used to go to it when it was on the Wednesday and I had some big priced winners over the years. Alas that ended when it started attracting higher class runners. I used to love watching the horses walk...

5 pence ew. Can’t do my usual 3 pence ew on American racing…

25 pence better off. Woohoo…

Found it. Just in time!!!

What time is it?

The Narrow Road to the Deep North. BBC. A series about Japanese prisoners of war. I’m Game of Thrones hardened and was fine with American Primeval. But this is the most brutal, graphic thing I’ve ever seen and I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. As usual it was very dark and everyone mumbles so I...

Sometimes even the smallest thing can turn a child’s life around.