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Your ill? Oh, its not Covid! How disappointing!

Ring ring. Hello Doctors Surgery! Hi, I’m ill can you help me? Had you had a valid Covid test in the past 5 days? Er, No! Well before we can help you, you need to have a valid Covid test to prove you don’t have Covid! So let me understand this? Let’s say I’ve metaphorically …

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Its happened again

It's happened again. I start a relationship with someone and they declare their undying love for me, for what I am, for my lifestyle and then within a few weeks want me to change to something they want me to be. Why?! Why does this keep happening? Is it ME? Is it that the people …

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Obnoxious about my transition

I met a friends ex-wife today and at first she didn't recognise me at all but then she worked out, after 30 minutes, who I used to be and was quite obnoxious about my transition and started to ask some very personal questions. She then wondered why I got quite defensive in my replies until …

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The Night after the Night before

One of the downsides for me of having such a vibrant, active social life is when I have a night out and then don't go out the night after. I get this night after the night before feeling. Let me explain. Fortunately, I have a very active social life and when I go out I …

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Emotional Wreck

What's been going on this past couple of weeks in my head, I do not know but I've been an emotional wreck. For about a week and a half, my propensity to cry at the drop of a hat has gone through the roof with today being the worst. Yes, I actually broke down and …

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That’s not me anymore

I’ve been having a talk today with Kevin who who is a great leveller and sage despite his younger years and I was talking about amalgamating an old website with this one and wondering whether or not I should do that because the old website is my past and this is my future. The old …

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My Transition Story

I just wanted to write something about my transition story, over the past two years of my life. Some might look at this as weird or strange and some may say, even bizarre. I wanted to express what the last two years have felt like to me as a trans person as I transition from …

Bridges North East Photography

Humber Bridge, Humber Estuary, Hull

The Humber Bridge Hands up, I admit it. I love bridges and who wouldn't love the longest suspension bridge in the UK. The Humber Bridge. Once the longest bridge in the world the Humber Bridge is 2,220 m, that's 7,280 ft; 1.38 mi in old money. Opened on 21st June 1981 it was the longest …

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Oil Rig Disassembly, Near Hartlepool

Oil Rig Disassembly Okay I was blown away when I saw this Oil Rig Disassembly while driving the coast from from Middlesborough to Hartlepool. These things are massive and as I was driving down the A178 towards Hartlepool I had a WTF moment and although I probably shouldnt have, stopped to have a look. Felt …

North East Photography

Angel of the North, 13th July 2021

Angel of the North, Near Gateshead "When in the North East of England then you must visit the Angel of the North" I'm told, time and time again by friends and colleagues. So here we are at the Angel of the North. This statue has been here since 1998 and its 20m in height and …

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