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Sally.Howarth's avatar

A fabulous journey of words!! 🥷💥❤️

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Allan Sutherland's avatar

Thanks Sally, that's exactly the way it felt when I was writing it 👍

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Ali Rowland's avatar

I love the combination of gentle humour and philosophical musings here. I also love home bargains which is a Mecca for cheap yarn and stationery you didn’t know you needed 😄

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Allan Sutherland's avatar

Thanks Ali...you can't beat a cheap yarn 🙂

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Kathleen Ireland's avatar

Just brilliant. I smiled all the way through. So much of it memories of my own working life.

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Allan Sutherland's avatar

Thanks Kath. I'm pleased it evoked such strong memories.

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Annexes's avatar

I think I have the same experience with basically any FlixBus! Loved going on your journey here with you (especially since I have a strong feeling I'm never going to visit Ashington myself lol)

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Allan Sutherland's avatar

Thanks Jane. I've never been on a Flix bus but look forward to giving them a try one day.

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Ben Moore's avatar

Lovely stuff. Droll comes to mind. A combination of appreciation and deprecation. I don't think that picture is Rohan Kanhai mind. Am I wrong?

Its been known

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Allan Sutherland's avatar

Thanks Ben and yes, you're wrong, that's the real Rohan Kanhai.

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Chris Burnett's avatar

I loved reading this Allan. You took me on the journey and it was very enjoyable!

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Allan Sutherland's avatar

Thanks Chris, I'm pleased you enjoyed it. How are you doing?

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Chris Burnett's avatar

All good thanks Allan, hope you are well. I'm making slow progress on my book but still progress all the same, so still aiming for one day this year for publication, hopefully! I'm doing a lot of paid remote qualification work for City & Guilds at the moment and enjoying doing that. Keep up your interesting posts and always love your writing. Best Regards, Chris.

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Clarice Dankers's avatar

Fascinating details. I especially like how you turn the bus into a living chacter of its own!

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Allan Sutherland's avatar

Thanks Clarice. The X20 has a quality all of its own, as does Ashington.

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