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Tomorrow, I’m leaving for a week away in Newcastle. It’s where I grew up and most of my family is still there so I try to go back at least once or twice a year to visit. It’s always strange. It doesn’t feel like going back home – it hasn’t been my home for well [...]

15 February 2009
Categories: Miscellania, Travel . Tags: , . Author: kirstynmcdermott . Comments: 7 Comments

You know you read too much True Crime when …

… you’re walking through an underground shopping centre car park and a guy in a wheelchair, his left leg right angled and bristling with one of those metal pins-and-braces deals they put on for really bad injuries, calls out to you as you approach and asks if you can help him get his chair into [...]

3 February 2009
Categories: Miscellania . Tags: . Author: kirstynmcdermott . Comments: 6 Comments