What a bloody fantastic year! Although not all plain sailing as is to be expected from your authors life. Allow me some self indulgence. Yes, I know this whole blog is self indulgent. Well it is called My 11 Year Plan. Duh. We kick the year off with ice skating. Random I know, but it has almost become a tradition for Lucy and I to go to Birmingham and try to avoid broken bones on the annual rink they put up for the Christmas period as we avoid wayward kids, knobheads and

Get your mind out the gutter! It is simply the third incarnation of my First Date blogs. Although, I do have a cheeky past. Hey you! What's it been, two months or so? One day I will make this a habit. One day. Maybe. '2025 A Year in Review' is bubbling and will be posted soon, oooosh, it has been a doozy of a year! Hold on to your hats my ever faithful, I am fizzing at the thought of writing this one. No, nope, hush, no spoilers. You can wait, just like we did, in the 1980

Fancy an update? Back in 2021 I had an idea about a blog based on needing to do something about nearly being 50, acceptance of the same,...

My customary blog sat in the departure lounge of Boston Logan airport, heading home, which will be finished at home. I am waiting for my...

Driven by my good friend Rob. I want to try and capture those heady days. I hope I do it justice. I feel this post may take a while to...

48 Hours with Sam Sam lives in America now, as you know, well if you are an ever faithful you will. In four weeks time I will be there...

Don't worry, I am fine, honest. Eh up strangers. Well, my last post went under the radar huh? Thirteen views to date and it is over a...

You said we would live forever. We didn't. It was my fault. A caveat. Indulge me, dear reader, this post is for her and I know that I...

I bought a coffee machine, a bean to cup one... This one. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cuisinart-Grind-Coffee-Maker-DGB2U/dp/B000VZ4VJ0?sour...

My 2025, so far so good. Well, here I am again, missed me? Of course you have, you naughty taughty. What a show that was, best thing in...

Why is that? The silly season is over and done with, we all know what day it is now without checking our phones or asking our Generic...

And other unrealistic nonsense. It is Saturday 28th December, The Loopy was rammed so I have taken refuge in Monty's, a Wetherspoons,...

So sang Mud in 1974, it was the Christmas Number One. Or will it? I remember Mud, their most famous song is probably Tiger Feet, but it...

Ever think you are? I used to, no doubt, you don't join an armed force and think that you may be vulnerable clearly. Yet I was...

Have you been waiting for this one? Strap in. Oosh, dear faithful, the keys are calling, this is my third post this day, wait, isn't...

Quelle Surprise, I went to America Again. If you are an ever faithful then you will know that my brother, Sam, now lives in Boston, MA....

The year is nearly at an end, thank goodness. Back in July I wrote the below post after the start of this year proved challenging. As I...

I am leaving the next block of text as it was written, grammatical errors and all. 2232hrs, on First Date day , I am on the train home from the date, it is as per the train here the most bumpy train ride ever, serious, are we on the A34 in a 1970's Austin Princess? I am now a fan of Tapas, so much food, in such seemingly small amounts, amazing. Yes, yes I can hear you, pipe down. 'Oooh he has never tried Tapas', 'Mr. I have done this, I have done that'. I thought it was all a

No, not the TV show. Although I have eaten at the London filming location, The Paternoster Chop House, twice, overrated and no CiCi, Merlin or Fred to detract from the gross prices and cramped seating. I mean actual first dates, meeting someone for the first time after a likely period of chatting via a dating app. The Last Incarnation of Hell. https://www.my11yearplan.com/post/dating-apps Holy shit! That post is three years old, almost to the day and here I am still writin

For the fourth time in a little over two years. 2022 was a great year of travelling for me as detailed here https://www.my11yearplan.com...