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The National Cafe
ByJohn MayMost of the London based team at Career Academies (those without other commitments such as babies or small dogs to look after) went out to dinner this evening. We chose The National Cafe on St Martin’s Lane. I think it was the V&A’s restaurant, about twenty years ago, that coined the phrase “a great caff…
Walking the wall. Day 1
ByJohn May33 years ago, five teenage Scouts did their DofE Gold expedition following Hadrian’s Wall and then heading into the Cheviots. I’ve just been rereading the log book I wrote at the time. This week, walking alone, I will be retracing our steps along the wall (though I’ll be sleeping in comfortable B&Bs rather than in…
The disgraceful behaviour of Green Star Energy
ByJohn MayThis evening, I am probably more angry than I have ever been in my life. My mother turns 80 this year. She is active, feisty, articulate and, I am reliably informed, the Devil to beat at bridge. A leading print and broadcast journalist in her younger days, she broadcasts on Radio Gloucestershire regularly with Dominic Cotter….
Going downhill fast
ByJohn MayThere you go. I did see the Matterhorn! It didn’t snow non stop all week. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday were pretty dreadful, with good visibility and flat light the best we could hope for. But the sun shone on Thursday and Friday, allowing us to ski across to Zermatt and to rush down pistes that…
Hawes to Keld
ByJohn MayLesson for self. If you buy new insoles for your shoes, it might be sensible to loosen your laces. Halfway through today’s walk, I did just that and, magically, any pain I was experiencing just disappeared. The walk itself was a real mixture of terrain today. It started with a visit to Hardraw and its…
A framed reminder of what a small group can do
ByJohn MayOn the wall of my study hangs an old cutting from the Lichfield Mercury, dated 11 November 1988. The headline reads: “Breaking out!” The page is yellowed now, the photographs are grainy and the print has faded. But it remains one of the things on my wall that means the most to me. The article…

