Football in Black and White.
Images of football especially of the terraces. When viewed in black and white they can give the impression of football 100 years ago.
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Sutton United and Venus
A moment from Sutton v Cheltenham in the FA cup where Venus can be clearly seen under the crescent moon
Sundsvall in Sweden. SJ trains. Comfortable and cheap way to travel.
Sundsvall is a small coastal town with a population of around 100,000 in what is described as mid-sweden.
By train it is about three and a half hours from Stockholm on a comfortable direct SJ express train . With the return journey costing only £90 in first class making it somewhat cheaper than for example an equivalent UK train journey. Curiously when booking online around two weeks previously first class was significantly cheaper than second class.
The booking process online took minutes and the ticket is sent as a PDF almost immediately. In the first class carriage there was free wifi with high speed for the first 200 mb. Free coffee and cakes .
Was there anything not to like? Maybe two things that might be improved on. Sweden is hardly a warm country and in early December temperatures generally are around freezing all day. So why make travellers wait until 10 minutes before departure on a freezing cold platform to be allowed to board the train? Secondly the platforms at Sundsvall were badly gritted with patches of black ice widespread. Better gritting or salting would be something to consider.
On the positive side the stations have superb catering facilities and even the small Sundsvall station had an American style restaurant serving an all you can eat pizza buffet for around £9 with good salads too. An additional £1 gave unlimited soft drinks.
Train travel in Sweden is well organised and there are always information screens with departure times and platforms. Train for me was not only significantly cheaper but a more pleasant way to get to Sundsvall from Stockholm than by air. And in reality took only a little longer if at all.
A Winter Walk in Central Stockholm
It’s a nice thing to have a spare hour in a foreign city and have no real idea where to go.
Just walking sometimes leads you to some very interesting places. Snow covered parks where people walk their dogs.
A few photographs and thoughts from around the Kungsholmen park area on a cold November afternoon . 
One striking thing about Central Stockholm is the ease whereby people can walk and cycle. The cycle lanes are often as wide as many roads.
His Bloody Project
I am not endowed with writing skills nor critique to do book reviews. The only O level I failed quite correctly was English Literature. But this book captivated me to the extent that I read the last few pages slowly digesting every word on a cold blustery Düsseldorf airport train station.
This is the best book I have ever read and this is with apologies to Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo and even Stuart Neville. The book captivates . It is worth looking at why. The name of the book is novel and the design of the cover draws buyers in to pick it up and peruse. The writing is both serious and at times humerous despite dealing with the macabre murder of three family members in the Scottish highlands in 1869. One is left with a real feeling why the murders were committed and the kind of lives that were being lived there at the time . The book though goes much further into trying to draw an opinion from the reader as to whether Roderick McCrae the 17 year old crofter was insane to any culpable amount. That he committed the crimes is not in doubt . There are a series of characters in the book that one grows to like, loath or simply be amused by. Many we still recognise as doppelgängers in our own everyday lives.
With a psychiatry head one one oscillated between conduct disorder, remnants of psychopathy , ADHD, Aspergers, normality for that time in the highlands or something in between.
I have no wish to spoil the story for anyone who reads the book so will not divulge anything substantial. However each word in the book needs to be read. There is not a single word that could have a red pen drawn through it.
Brentford is the new Belgravia
Has something happened in the world since I was away? Have we moved into a parallel universe?
Below to remind us is some graffiti from Albany Road
https://www.phillipsandsouthern.com/london/london-suburbs-property-investment/?utm_source=linkedin
The Moon is Really an Egg and not made from Cheese
This morning we proved that the moon is clearly not made from cheese but in fact is a nice white egg. Here are some photographs to prove this beyond any doubt.
The Moon is an egg
The Moon is an Egg
The Moon is an egg
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A Great Place
The rants and warblings of an active and some would say disturbed mind. A Brentford Fc supporter and a psychiatrist and photographer. Welcome to my musings and rants.
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