I arrive in Truro at 8.15am on Saturday morning, beating the last minute retail rush by 2 hours – and I’m finished and out by 10.15am. The police have blocked traffic into the city centre, forcing shoppers to use the “park and ride” facility – but the Flying Banana makes it into the centre and
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Winter is late arriving this year but the nationwide freezing fog is still with us, airports are still almost closed (all domestic flights cancelled) and the frosty mornings are beginning in earnest. My “man-cold” has settled into a debilitating chest infection and a head that feels stuffed with cotton-wool. As you can imagine, I am
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Manchester City Centre. My business meeting is a success and I enjoy lunch at the new Hilton – roast parsnip soup and a turkey main course (my first of the season) – lovely restuarant and excellent service, although we are deep in business discussion and so miss perhaps the finer points. I also have time
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Three cheers for Amy, our stewardess on the Air South West flight from Newquay to Manchester at 6.30am this morning. On a dark and very frosty morning she greeted her 35 passengers with a warming smile – not the easiest thing to do after she presumably had to get up at an unearthly hour like
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Bonnie has a new puppy for Christmas! An, as yet, unnamed German short-haired pointer that is just a yummy as she looks.

After escaping from the crappy Copthorne on Friday morning it’s an easy 45-minute drive to Exeter airport, where an hour’s flight takes me North to Leeds/Bradford, along with the Exeter Chiefs rugby team who are typically boisterous even at this early hour. At Leeds/Bradford I meet with a client and his accountant to dicuss a
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..I stayed last night at the Copthorne Hotel in Plymouth. A trip to Plymouth yesterday and a flight from Exeter to Leeds/Bradford later this morning were enough to suggest that just one more overnight stay this year would be tolerable. Outside, the hotel looks like a Stasi interrogation centre. I even have spikes embedded on
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Telephone call-in day has just concluded are here is a compendium of the main questions asked: What do you think of my new web site? How do I make a start on my personal fitness? Where do I start on time management? I have a practice manager who has a long-term illness – what next?
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Now that my tour is over I really want to get my head around this concept again – UK dentistry is about to explode as an economic force and I’m becoming concerned that if I don’t do something soon – someone else will or the boat will pass us by.We asked 20 of our clients
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Trouble from my clients who will say “what about all of your lecturing on balance?” Trouble from my loved ones who will ask “where the hell were you?” Trouble from my support team who will shout “too transparent?” But I had a moment over lunch today to review my diary since 1st September and calculate
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