Just in

Articles by William Byford

Avatar photo
About William Byford

A partner in an international firm of loss adjusters, William is a keen blogger and member of the internet community. More Posts

Let us celebrate sporting skill

Day 2 of my visit to Portugal began with a visit to see the state of Barry’s yacht now about 40% of the way through its refit. After about an hour of taking a lot of pictures and doing my best to ask intelligent questions I was dismissed and drove Barry’s Renault Megane hire car back to the [...]

February 26, 2015 // 0 Comments

Sojourn in Portugal

Yesterday I flew to Faro in Portugal from Gatwick at the crack of dawn (actually possibly even before it) in order to spend a couple of days with my son Barry. I’m a keen people-watcher but don’t particularly enjoy crowds, which makes travelling via a low-budget, hair-shirt, airline something [...]

February 25, 2015 // 0 Comments

Going over there

One of the few joys remaining to me in my declining years is my very-definitely amateur hobby of researching Western Front cemeteries in northern France and Belgium. As with most avenues of life, expertise in WW1 matters exists along a broad spectrum. At one end is the depth of knowledge available [...]

February 20, 2015 // 0 Comments

Outsider in a different world

Yesterday I drove my father to his old college in a senior British university for a donor’s club lunch. It was a fascinating but unworldly experience at which I should estimate the average age of the guests was about 60, but only that low because about 30% of them were current students. [...]

February 8, 2015 // 0 Comments

The start of another one

You can call me a curmudgeonly old git if you like, but last night I avoided all special plans and went to bed at 9.10pm both because it was my bedtime and I was tired. Ironically, I then woke up with a start, heard on Radio Five Live that it was 11.40pm, and decided to get up and see the New Year [...]

January 1, 2015 // 0 Comments

Greetings from festive land!

I hope you and yours are about to have a terrific festive period, enjoy your reunions with your friends, families and loved ones, eat and drink far too much, fall asleep after your lunch – or main – meal and generally have a good time. Yesterday (Christmas Eve) my traditional ritual of [...]

December 25, 2014 // 0 Comments

Too late for me, I fear!

Two potentially positive stories relating to dementia are circulating in the media this week. The first, based upon research conducted at the Rockefeller University in New York, is suggesting that Riluzole – a drug currently used to treat forms of motor neurone disease by preventing connections [...]

December 24, 2014 // 0 Comments

Some people need to grow up

Apparently the news that Formula One motor racing champion Lewis Hamilton was anointed as the BBC Sports Personality Of The Year last weekend has caused a bit of a hoo-hah. There are a number of professional golfers (professional and otherwise), plus golfing and other sports journalists who, some [...]

December 16, 2014 // 0 Comments

An intriguing possibility?

Yesterday I drove to the south coast in order to spend the weekend with my father. Despite the waterlogged lawn and the evident puddles on many surrounding roads, the South-East has been experiencing some remarkably mild weather recently as December approaches. We spent the late morning sitting out [...]

November 30, 2014 // 0 Comments

Watching the world go by

Yesterday I drove around the M25 to the South terminal of Gatwick Airport in order to collect my son Barry, who was arriving on a flight from Faro in Portugal. Perhaps inevitably – and partly it was my fault because I had allowed extra time because of the ‘reduced lanes’ road works that [...]

November 7, 2014 // 0 Comments

1 … 16 17 18 19 20 … 22

Copyright © 2026 The National Rust | Design by Premonition