Category Archives: writing
Yarnbombing at the Threshold Festival
Over the past three weeks I’ve been busy knitting bumblebees, leaves and piece of tree trunk for an installation at the Threshold Festival in Liverpool. I belong to a knitting … Continue reading
Fun and frolicks over on my new website
Don’t forget, I have a new website now, this one is now *archived* and will lay here un-updated for…ever. Shoot on over to http://www.cathbore.com, you can sign up and subscribe … Continue reading
Goodbye, farewell, la la la la de da-ha!
This blog is being archived from today, in other words I’ve waved it goodbye and moved up to big school aka known as my new site. This means you won’t … Continue reading
A funny little town
Birkenhead is a funny little place. Not posh and swanky like Chester, or sharp and keen like Liverpool, the town exists well apart from both. It’s known for the band … Continue reading
The gentlemanly gentleman
Andy told me a story yesterday that someone told him about The Troggs. Apparently back in the 1960s Reg Presley and the lads would regularly shock their peers not by … Continue reading
Supermarket angst
We’ve been trying to expand the variety of what we have for breakfast of late, I’m a big fan of boiled egg with toast (soldiers on a weekend, just to … Continue reading
I’m going for tea with Judy Finnigan!
Back in October I entered a competition on the Tesco Books Blog. The competition was to celebrate Eloise, the debut novel by Judy Finnigan. The prize? To go to tea … Continue reading
Eating out. My philosophy
Whenever I eat out, I want the dish to be better than how I’d make it at home or else I may as well save my pennies. I don’t eat … Continue reading
The window
Andy and I went to Birkenhead Central library today. It’s a grand old building with a glorious tribute to the Birkenhead Institute’s World War 1 dead, including poet Wilfred Owen, … Continue reading
The truth hurts
I’ve talked before about over-sharing on social media. In general I’m not too fussed hearing about people’s bowel movements, sex life (or lack thereof), dieting, detoxing (those last two are … Continue reading
