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Andy Barrow »
Royal Ramblings
Posted on 3:08pm Monday 6th February 2012
I last posted in mid December, so I’ll give a quick summary of my Christmas and New Year before moving on to things more current. My holiday season kicked off with a spectacular black tie party hosted by my sponsors, Chaucer. I had a great evening in London catching up with all my friends from the company and I’m genuinely touched that so many people have taken such a keen interest and follow the blog.
Naqoyqatsi »
I can hear the economy flowing away even as I type.
Posted on 10:50am Tuesday 31st January 2012
Why oh why do we get treated as bottomless pots of money by so many trades and businesses?
Andy Barrow »
Winter Update
Posted on 3:47pm Monday 19th December 2011
Firstly, apologies to everyone for such a lengthy absence, it’s traditional for me to have a break from blogging at the end of the season, but I didn’t mean to leave it quite this long. Looking back, it’s been two months since my last post and that definitely wasn’t the plan!
Naqoyqatsi »
Just a thought while thinking.
Posted on 3:53pm Friday 14th October 2011
I wonder - are we all really so gullible as advertising copy writers seem to think we are?
Andy Barrow »
2011 European Championship Diary (Part Two)
Posted on 12:49pm Thursday 13th October 2011
Sat 8th Oct; The team had a relatively free day ahead of the semi-final with Belgium. The morning started badly with England crashing out of the Rugby World Cup but soon improved when I met up with my fiancée, Alison. She had caught the “red-eye” out on Thursday and spent an extortionate amount of money on taxis to be the only GB fan in the hall for the Poland game. It was great to have her there and made me think about how the players are really the visible part of a far greater team that’s also working hard and making sacrifices for us to be as good as we can be.
Andy Barrow »
2011 European Championship Diary (Part One)
Posted on 10:49am Saturday 8th October 2011
Fri 30th Sep; Got all my packing done this morning, checked and double checked, then set off for Heathrow T5. We’re not the only Paralympic team going places today; GB shooting are off to Atlanta for a competition… Good luck guys, all the best! Touch down at sunset in Zurich and make the ninety-minute transfer to Nottwil (near Lucerne). It’s pitch black so no idea what this place is like, more to follow. Grab a late dinner, have a quick team meeting and get our heads down.
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