Cold though the day was, my afternoon walk around the Old Town and along The Royal Mile was a good chance to clear the cobwebs and enjoy the architecture of the city (apart from the horrendous Scottish Parliament building).It’s strange to hear the sound of real bagpipes played from the door of the real bagpipe
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Saturday 360 miles from Cornwall to Milton Keynes.Sunday 360 miles from Milton Keynes to Edinburgh.Please don’t even mention the outrage that Strictly Come Dancing revealed on Sunday evening – I can hardly think about it without my maraccas getting in a twist….I enjoy the upgraded room at my hotel but not the 3.00am alarm call
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It’s rather daunting to realise that I’ll be leaving Falmouth at lunchtime today (Saturday) and will spend perhaps 3 or 4 days here in the next month if I’m lucky. It’s conference season and, as well as the BADN tomorrow morning, I’ll be co-presenting with Simon at the BACD in London next weekend; It’s harvest
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What a night! After a superb working day with Simon in his lovely Devon home, I race back to attend an informal dinner with Ashley and the delegates on his 2-day sales course. At Ash’s request we are back at 5 degrees west – and enjoying a few beers and lots of laughs – when
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Having spent such a good day with James Goolnik (pictured above) and his team on Friday, I cannot resist reminding you that his web site for Bow Lane Dental Group is, in my opinion, one of the best I have seen. I’m not recommending that you copy it – I am observing that the site
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It’s been a call-in day today – back to back calls with my clients – 15 minute catch ups. Again I am tired but inspired by their stories and amused by some of the dafter events of the day. Dafter event winners today were: the orthodontic practice owner who couldn’t be found in the building
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Interesting article on the BBC News web site click here

I live in what would be called a student quarter. Falmouth is well known for it’s Art College and has a sizeable arty population of both students and oldies. The area of the town in which I live is predominantly Regency and Victorian – lots of old houses – and the shops and restuarants are
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Well I wasn’t inundated with emails and calls all day – which means that either nobody is reading this or you are just getting used to my occasional wailing, gnashing of teeth and renting of garments. What’s a boy to do when his cry for help goes unnoticed? The day has steadily improved My attitude
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Don’t ask why – it would make me seem pathetic if I gave you an accurate answer – but sometimes we just wake up with the miserable head on – thinking about all the crap stuff. Today is that day. Beautiful sunny day outside – dark, windswept, cold and lonely inside (my head that is).
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