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A quick note

This is just to say that I haven’t forgotten about my blog, despite the recent lack of blog posts. There are a number of reasons for this, the main two being a new job that has been keeping me a bit busier over the last few months, and that I’ve been knuckling down to work […]

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Five Years

It’s now just over five years since I first arrived in Cardiff , and since I started keeping this blog. That’s a big chunk of my life, and over that time I’ve grown and changed a lot, leaving home and becoming independent of my parents, studying for my degree, starting my working life, and most […]

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Wedding words and reasons

I saw via the Boundless blog an interesting article from the Wall Street Journal about the fashion for individually-written wedding vows. Beverley and I put a lot of thought into our wedding vows and into our marriage service, so I’ll try and explain some of our thinking here… When it came to planning the wedding, […]

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My wedding speech!

One of my tasks as the groom was to give a wedding speech, which I had great fun writing and delivering! It seemed to go down well, and since I wrote out my speech in full beforehand, I’ll post the text on here – my actual delivery may have been slightly different. You can also […]

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My wedding day!

You may have noticed that my blog has been a bit quiet lately, and that’s because I’m getting married. Now, the day has come, and I am getting married to my dear and wonderful Beverley at 1pm today. Woo, and indeed, hoo! I’m feeling pretty calm at the moment, with just under six hours to […]

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“How The Doctor Changed My Life” Reviews

The latest Doctor Who Magazine has a review of Short Trips: How the Doctor Changed my Life, which is very exciting, especially since reviewer Matt Michael speaks very highly of it! Here are a few quotes: Big Finish’s new collection of short stories is a departure from previous releases in that it’s entirely written by […]

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November busyness

Blimey, this month is turning out to be busy! Here’s a few things that have happened, or are happening, or will happen in this merry month of November. Birthdays! I turned 23 yesterday, and Bev followed hot on my heels with her 23rd birthday today. So various celebratory activities and events have been in order, […]

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The Big Day: Saturday 13th June 2009

Beverley and I have booked a date and venue for our wedding! We’ll be getting married at 1pm on Saturday 13th June 2009 at Tredegarville Baptist Church. We’ve got a lot of planning to sort out, and it’ll be a while before we send invitations, but it’s great to have the time and place set […]

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We’re engaged!

Beverley & me at Rich & Becky’s wedding last weekendTo cut a long story short:On Saturday 19th July, around one o’clock in the afternoon, I got down on one knee and asked my wonderful girlfriend Beverley Watling if she wants to marry me. She said yes, so we’re now engaged! To cut a short story […]

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