Well this all took a great deal longer than I expected, but that’s always the way when you repair things isn’t it, a five minute job usually takes at least an hour. Painting all the panels for the scooter was pretty easy and apart from handling them carefully because they are fragile (crap Chinese plastic) [...]

After having bought some paint to do the grey bit on my car I rather got carried away and bought some more to completely respray my scooter. It was looking really shabby, the strong sunlight does terrible things to paint here, and I was pretty ashamed of it. All the panels got taken off, rubbed [...]

People who know me or have read my writings will already know that when my life is in the doldrums, when it’s too quiet or needs livening up I am wont to attempt some Official Administrative jobs, like getting a residence permit or somesuch. Anything, in fact, that means I come into close contact with [...]

I love doing things by myself that test me. It’s easy to get a friend to help and often I do….well…sometimes. But if I think I will need a hand and then manage by myself I’m doubly pleased at what I’ve achieved. So today I’m feeling pretty good. The plastic base for a large sun [...]

The flat stone on the drive has now been finished all the way down to the gate leaving a section halfway along it to be finished with gravel to give it a bit of a rustic look (and to save me money). The middle will be filled in wıth soil and planted with wildflowers, I’ve [...]

A great day today! I started work on my drive, well actually Suleyman and Ali started work on my drive, I’m keeping an eye on it in a supervisory capacity while I cut down bushes and burn the twigs. I’m really pleased about the drive being finished soon because it has been a bit of [...]

I mentioned before that I was going to have an operation on my hand to reconstruct the middle finger of my left hand. Well a couple of weeks ago my friend Paul took me to Antalya for the first operation because I didn’t expect to be able to drive after it. The morning was freezing [...]

Here’s another bit about Prague or rather about one particular aspect of Prague which at first horrified me but on reflection I thought it a really humane and compassionate service.   A few yards down the street from where I stayed there is a box let into the wall at about elbow height Every time [...]

Happy New Year everybody, may you get everything you wish for this year. A few days after Christmas I went with my mate Bob who lives in the same village for a ride up into the mountains. My idea had been to get some good photographs of the snow covered mountains but when we got [...]

A very Merry Christmas to everyone who reads this and I hope you have a happy and healthy 2012. Christmas in Turkey is a very muted affair and only really celebrated by the Christians living here of course. The shops have a lot of decorations though, Turks generally use the same sort of decorations to [...]