Dr Martin James

There’s not much I can add in terms of superlatives, it was an incredible event and I’m super proud of how the city I’ve made home hosted this festival of sport. Only world class planning and organisation could have made such a huge occasion go off without a hitch. If nothing else, it shows there…

First and only nice weather of a 5-day round trip, although I got sun burn so it probably wasn’t a good thing! 😦 Bridlington was nonetheless flattered by the warm blue skies, and as much as I don’t like children it harked back to my own childhood to see them enjoying the traditional seaside pleasure…

Torrential rain aside it was a great experience! Having never visited and heard so much, it was nice to explore come rain or shine. Great shops, fish and chips, cobbled streets and picture postcard Yorkshire vistas. Oh, there’s a medieval abbey too, an inspiration for Bram Stoker’s Dracula so I’m told.

I was too busy at the time to post about my trip to the north-west, specifically Liverpool and Chester. I hadn’t visited the former for 20 years and have never visited the latter. The centre of Liverpool is changed almost beyond recognition, and I genuinely loved the juxtaposition of old and new (although UNESCO does…

It took me 20 years but I finally got round to seeing the Red Hot Chili Peppers, having got into their music during my sky dive days when they were blasted out at Langar airbase throughout hot summers. What else would you pick? It’s the quintessential sound of clear blue skies and Bermuda shorts. Loved…