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Grumpy British Man

A camel can work for ten days without drinking but I can drink for ten days without working!!

About Me

A 14 year old schoolboy in a crumbling body!!
Ex-student, ex-archaeologist, ex- husband, exhausted.I am a highly attractive, highly intelligent man, very tolerant, flexible and forgiving, hardworking and ambitious. Useless at ironing though.

Penguins are black and white. Some old tv shows are black and white. Therefore, some penguins are old tv shows. Logic: another thing that penguins aren't very good at.

I like my holidays, in UK or overseas. France is always a good bet!..

My Interests

Archery, Horse Riding, Walking, Camping, Single Malt Whisky, Real Beer, Food, Wine, Good Pubs, Real Fires, history, archaeology

I'd like to meet:

People (mainly)
You??
The man who thought of putting traffic lights on roundabouts, so I can punch his lights out.

Music:

The Fratellis, Coldplay, Arctic Monkeys, Snow Patrol, Blur, Suede, Pulp, Stone Roses, PWEI, The Smiths, The Cure, Morrissey, Keane, Greenday, James, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Stranglers The Levellers, XTC, The Fall, Kate Bush, Michelle Shocked, Supertramp, Feeder, Franz Ferdinand, The Pogues, The Men They Couldn't Hang, Kraftwerk, OMD, Simple Minds, The Specials, Japan, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Clash, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The The, All About Eve, New Order, The Teardrop Explodes, The Wonder Stuff, LLoyd Cole and the Commotions, Billy Bragg, Cocteau Twins, Josef K, Orange Juice, The Fire Engines, Everything But The Girl, Jethro Tull, Joni Mitchell, The Beautiful South, Joy Division, Deep Purple, 10cc, Spizz Energi, Gang of Four, Magazine, The Skids, Pretenders, The Beatles, Wings, The Railway Children, The Primitives, Prefab Sprout, The Buzzcocks, The Undertones, Slade, Gorillaz, Killers.

Movies:

A Clockwork Orange, Layer Cake, Essex Boys, Dog Soldiers, Wilt, Being There, 28 Days Later, The Descent,
Shaun of the Dead, Trainspotting, Wish You Were Here, Master and Commander, Local Hero, Gregory's Girl, Bernard and the Genie, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian, The Madness of King George, When the Wind Blows, Rita Sue and Bob too, Mona Lisa, A foreign Field, Letter to Brezhnev.

Television:

Time Team, Little Britain, Early Doors, Red Dwarf

Books:

Three Men In A Boat; Notes From a Small Island; David Copperfield; anything by Douglas Adams, Dickens or Jane Austen.

Heroes:

Me! John Peel. And this girl.

My Blog

Tagged

"You need to blog 10 random facts about yourself and then tag 10 people. Have fun."1) I have recently, mostly through a process of trial and error, learned to lay bricks!2) I once slept overnight on t...
Posted by Grumpy British Man on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 12:33:00 PST

Ancient Churches of Warwickshire, part 1.

I've decided to create a vertical archaeology themed blog! Right, English medieval church architecture can be divided into 5 broad periods/styles. Each has a name and an approximate time range like so...
Posted by Grumpy British Man on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 05:59:00 PST

Frosty Morning in Warwickshire

Pics taken with my phone this morning!Wooton Wawen ChurchFrosted CobwebAutumn ColoursFrosted GrassTree and HedgerowAcross the Frozen Fields to AlcesterSunlight on the Frozen Winter WheatFrosted Flower...
Posted by Grumpy British Man on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:12:00 PST

Apple Day

So, today I took the boys to Apple Day at Mary Arden's House in Wilmcote, Warwickshire. The complex open to visitors consists of Mary Arden's House and its outbuildings , next door Palmer's Farm and it...
Posted by Grumpy British Man on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 04:02:00 PST

Germany

So it's holiday in Germany time!The plan was to leave on Sunday before the bank holiday, so to add a frisson of excitement I left ordering Michael and Edward's replacement passports as late as possibl...
Posted by Grumpy British Man on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 02:28:00 PST

France

OK, so the boys and myself have just spent nearly a week in France. This is by no means a complete photo blog as most of the time I couldn't be bothered to take any photos. Besides, whilst I remembere...
Posted by Grumpy British Man on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 05:27:00 PST

My To Do List

[ ]Kate Beckinsale[ ]Catherine Zeta Jones[ ]Kate Bush[ ]Katie Melua[x]Kathy Baker[ ]Anyone else with long, dark hair, a lithe body and the name K/Catherine.[x]Anyone not drawing a pension and not look...
Posted by Grumpy British Man on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:39:00 PST

I've been interviewed...

I've been interviewed by Nat,Hmm, ok!! Let's open up...1. Most romantic thing anyones ever done for you? Eeeh, that's a toughie! You know, I can't think of anything very significant.A girlfriend once...
Posted by Grumpy British Man on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 12:47:00 PST

What colour am I?

You scored as Purple. Purple is powerful, just like you. You are a very devoted person that likes to get things finished and you do this by balancing out fun and seriousness. This way you get the b...
Posted by Grumpy British Man on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 05:06:00 PST

The Malverns

University Station - Edward, Michael, Lottie, Laura and Dan.On the way up, looking back towards ColwallLooking north-east along the ridgeMichaelAn ancient hut circle?Looking north-east, back along the...
Posted by Grumpy British Man on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 10:05:00 PST