The Negativity Bias

Negatively Wired Naturally As it turns out our brains have a bias towards negativity. The brain will react to positive feelings like a Porsche or a great golf shot mainly due to both being very rare or non existent in my life, but your brain reacts more strongly to negative stimuli. This “negativity bias” is…

A Cracker of a Salad

A Healthy Lunch for your Work Day. This may sound strange to some, but a lot of people aren’t quite sure how to go about putting together a great healthy lunch. We’re all busy and the convenience of grabbing a takeaway makes it just that much simpler and easier. But if your starting to know…

Vancouver Canada

The City and People of Vancouver After three wonderful days on the Rocky Mountaineer we arrived at the rail terminal in Vancouver. Once again the Rocky Mountaineer organisation, like clockwork, had some eight coaches waiting to ferry all passengers to our varying destinations within Vancouver. The Rocky Mountaineer is a sensational and professional organisation. They…

To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee

“Shoot all the Bluejays you want, if you can hit ’em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a Mockingbird”     “To Kill a Mockingbird” is a book I had heard of many, many times and apparently it was regarded as a classic piece of American literature. The book won the Pulitzer Prize in…

A New Year Begins

2017 is upon us. I’ve looked back to consider what 2016 was to me. Firstly, I lived another year and I am more the wiser, so that in itself was a success. I discovered a lot more about myself and others. We did some exciting travel. We hung out with some fascinating, wonderful and motivating…

Important Men’s Business

It’s a Guy Thing. Short and Sweet this time It has been pointed out on the odd occasion that some of our posts are a bit “Blokey” and it certainly isn’t the intention in wanting to be seen as a totally male based platform. This was never our intention. It is however acknowledged by experts…

China – An Experience to be Had

China – An Experience to be Had After a brief stopover in Singapore we flew onto Shanghai. I really didn’t know what to expect other than bracing myself for a huge amount of people and smog. We landed, collected our luggage and kept an eye out for someone from Gate One Travel who would be…

I Can’t Do It Anymore!

I’m done – I’m pulling the pin! Have you ever got to the point where you have just given up? I know I have. Only to realise later that you were actually very close to acheiving your goal. Hindsight is a great thing but of little use unfortunately. You set out with a great idea…

Your life, Your way

“Be yourself – every one else is taken” – Oscar Wilde                                 Unless you suffer from a disorder, you can’t be someone else.  You have to be yourself, you have to get on with what you have been given and…

Norton 850 Commando

Peely’s Passion.     Some guys play Golf, some do up cars, some play guitars, some guys just do stuff for the fun of it. Andrew’s hobby is buying bikes, doing them up, then selling most for a tidy profit. Some he just keeps. Most are Japanese makes from small two strokes to the big…