Travel
A wet and unsatisfying trip to the Stoop
Yesterday I was in a party of five – three of them Exeter Chiefs supporters – that travelled to the Harlequins home ground in cold, blustery and super-wet conditions for a English Premiership clash resulting in a closely fought 14-12 victory for the hosts. It is a fact of sporting life that [...]
More “woke pro-cyclist madness” …
From our “You just couldn’t make it up” department:- Here’s another glaring example in the Rust‘s ongoing campaign against the Government’s misguided policies championing the nefarious interests of cyclists above those of tens of millions of law-abiding [...]
Grinding to a halt under the eco-activist yoke
At the risk of becoming tagged as the Rust‘s unofficial motoring correspondent, today I return to the the subject of two significant threats to the quiet enjoyment of Britain’s public roads by the ordinary, average, law-abiding, private motorist – namely, cyclists and those who [...]
Stuff happens
It sometimes occurs that extraordinary events can accompany even the least important and mundane aspects of everyday life. The above statement is an appropriate preface to my post today, which comes straight from the folder marked “Things you couldn’t make up”. For no reason that I can [...]
The Tanner Report: Fulham 4 Barnsley 1
Having had to endure the journey from hell from the coast I deserved this sparkling performance. First class became cattle class as all the seats were taken by disgruntled passengers in a train of few carriages that became standing room only- so much for any social distancing. Clapham Junction, the [...]
Another fine mess someone got me into
At the considerable risk of beginning to bore Rusters – for which I now apologise – today I return to the travails of travelling by the “Great” British railway system as I experienced them yesterday. I would like to preface my account by asking readers to note that, firstly, I used [...]
Just about anything goes
We all eventually succumb to the ‘sense’ that the world isn’t fair – after which life becomes largely a matter of how we cope with the knowledge … and the effects. I came to the realisation quite early. I was five or six years old at the time and taking part in my [...]
The face of things to come
Call me an old-fashioned, out of touch, curmudgeon if you will – as a Ruster, I guess it comes with the territory – but sometimes the antics of politicians the world over drive me to distraction. Three articles featuring on the website of the Daily Mail overnight struck me as highlighting [...]
Impressions of London
I was in London for social and professional reasons these past few days. It’s very different to the London I witnessed earlier in the year in lockdown when you could look down the length of Oxford Street and not see a soul. It’s the old vibrant London again, teeming with people with every [...]