Or, more accurately, the warm glow we've got over the last 15 years from watching bad TV programmes based in Bristol - eg Casualty, Skins, Afterlife and last night's awful Restaurant.
"Ooh look St Nick's market/Baldwin Street/Suspension Bridge/Stokes Croft/Hotwells/Whiteladies Road/that new shopping centre thingummyjig." Or that shot every documentary maker does of Park Street from the bottom that is actually pretty dramatic in real life but always looks flat and boring on TV.
Or last night's, "Blimey Howard's has closed?!"
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I moved to Shropshire from Tooting four years ago, and what with flooding and all, the move has not been without its problems.
However, I always count my blessings and one day decided I'd post a daily blessing onto Facebook. The post would be "in praise of" something that I'd enjoyed, or that had enriched my life, the day before. The idea was that after a year I'd have 365 "blessings" I could look at when I needed a tonic. I completed this challenge in October 2010 and now post less religiously.
However, I always count my blessings and one day decided I'd post a daily blessing onto Facebook. The post would be "in praise of" something that I'd enjoyed, or that had enriched my life, the day before. The idea was that after a year I'd have 365 "blessings" I could look at when I needed a tonic. I completed this challenge in October 2010 and now post less religiously.
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- Gary
- In my twenties I was a failed poet. In my thirties I wrote a book on gambling which was very nearly published. In my forties I wrote a small book about moving from London to Shropshire, which remains unpublished. Into my fifties and the quest continues...
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