The Arsenal – European Away Trips

Well, I have had to update this section after we have fallen out of the Champions League for the first time in twenty/twenty one years.  Still, the fact remains that my favourite way to travel Europe is with The Arsenal Away. There are some Arsenal fans that are not fussed on qualifyi
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2017 – A look back on the last 12 months

Well another 12 months is coming to a close so I like to look back on the last 12 months to reflect on whether it has been a good year or not and to set myself some goals for the new one coming up. In my looking ahead to 2017 I listed quite a few things I wanted to achieve so it seems
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Monks and Minsk

With me now having to take a flight to Minsk rather than a coach, I had to check out and spend the day in Vilnius with my heavy bag.  Just in case you don’t already know, the rules for Belarus visa are 80 countries can stay for 5 days only without a visa.  However, there are rul
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South America: Days 1 & 2

Well, it finally arrived after waiting months but the run up to the trip wasn’t as peaceful or exciting as previous trips.  The main reasons being one, it was a group tour in the main so needed less planning and two, I’d agreed to go back to work for the same client on my
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Euro 2016: Paris for the Q/F

Originally in the ballot I spent over 2k on tickets but was unfortunate in that I didn’t get any Wales tickets.  I had a load of group games, some in Wales’ group but for every game in the group other than a Wales one! Still, this was not the reason I sacked all of them of
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A look back at 2015

After a cracking end to 2014 with my nephew being born, I was ready to tackle 2015 and continue my recent tradition of trying to top the year before.  I had big plans for 2015 and now I am sitting here looking back on it, it has been an absolute cracker! It started off with a slight c
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