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I’m a life-long learner with an insatiable curiosity about life. I love travel, good food, and good company. I’m happy to share what I know with others….even the interesting stuff! My outlook on life is pretty well captured in this quote from a book about the legend of King Arthur: “The best thing for being sad,” replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, “is to learn something. That’s the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then — to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting. Learning is the only thing for you. Look what a lot of things there are to learn.” ― T.H. White, The Once and Future King So much to learn, so little time!
Stop the world, I want to get off!
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Stop the world, I want to get off!

Stephen DaleApril 27, 2025
I’m increasingly convinced that the inmates are running this asylum that I find myself in. Politicians (well, one, take a bow Sir Kier Starmer) couldn’t explain until recently what a...
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Where anyone can get a job?

Stephen DaleFebruary 3, 2025
We were all horrified as news came in about the air collision between a Blackhawk helicopter and a passenger plane at Washington DC Airport, which took the lives of all...
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Adriatic & Mediterranean Adventure
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Adriatic & Mediterranean Adventure

Stephen DaleJanuary 27, 2025January 27, 2025
Celebrity Cruise Ship Infinity 4th - 15th November 2024, 15th- 17th Barcelona Itinerary 04 Nov - Athens, Greece 05 Nov - At sea 06 Nov - Kotor, Montenegro 07 Nov...
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The Post Floyd Dream – 6th July 2024

Stephen DaleMay 7, 2024August 15, 2024
Not long now until we welcome Post Floyd Dream (a Pink Floyd tribute band) to Stansted for The Great Gig in St Mary's Church! You will Wish You Were Here...
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Dubrovnik 18-23 April 2024
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Dubrovnik 18-23 April 2024

Stephen DaleApril 30, 2024May 6, 2024
Dubrovnik, the 'Pearl of the Adriatic', situated on the Dalmatian coast, became an important Mediterranean sea power from the 13th century onwards. Although severely damaged by an earthquake in 1667,...
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New Zealand & Australia Adventure 2023
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New Zealand & Australia Adventure 2023

Stephen DaleOctober 29, 2022May 15, 2023
Celebrity Cruise 22nd January 2023 to 14th February 2023 The Adventure Summary This was a holiday of contrasts; a 12-day cruise calling in at various ports around the North and...
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Champing (camping in church)
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Champing (camping in church)

Stephen DaleSeptember 20, 2021September 28, 2021
My (now) famous wife Lynda, been inundated with media requests over the past few weeks for comment, interviews (radio and TV) on the topic of 'Champing'. Never heard of it?...
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Western Caribbean & Central America 2020
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Western Caribbean & Central America 2020

Stephen DaleApril 11, 2021April 11, 2021
Cruise on the good ship Braemar (Fred Olsen line) - with ultimate repatriation from Cuba due to Covid-19 Itinerary (in theory!) 27 Feb La Romana, Dominican Republic28 Feb Santo Domingo,...
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Spiritual Sanctuaries 2019 – Tokyo to Singapore
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Spiritual Sanctuaries 2019 – Tokyo to Singapore

Stephen DaleMarch 22, 2020October 31, 2020
Cruising on the Oceania ship 'Insignia' We arrived in Tokyo on Saturday 30th March, after a long (a tad under 12 hours) but uneventful flight. I got talking to the...
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Job Application in response to dominic cummings
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Job Application in response to dominic cummings

Stephen DaleJanuary 5, 2020October 11, 2020
Boris Johnson's special adviser Dominic Cummings  has urged “weirdos and misfits” to apply for jobs in Downing Street ahead of a planned shake-up of the civil service. I think I may qualify; here's my...
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Stop the world, I want to get off!

Where anyone can get a job?

Adriatic & Mediterranean Adventure

The Post Floyd Dream – 6th July 2024

Dubrovnik 18-23 April 2024

New Zealand & Australia Adventure 2023

Champing (camping in church)

Western Caribbean & Central America 2020

Spiritual Sanctuaries 2019 – Tokyo to Singapore

Job Application in response to dominic cummings

Venice to Barcelona September 2017

Actual quotes taken from employee performance appraisals