Peter's Blog

The cinema is a passion of mine, especially in the sense of language learning. I love the idea of understanding what the French love to wa...

В воскресение в Эдинбурге мы пошли в зоопарк , шел дождь и   дождь . On Sunday in Edinburgh, we went to the Zoo, it rained and...

Quite amazing! As I sit here in my little house in North Yorkshire, one of the biggest sporting events in the world is passing by a part of...

What a World cup that was! How will we ever forget the drumming that Brazil got in the semi-final by Germany. 7-1 at the Cathedral of Wor...

Australia 2- The Netherlands 3 Tim Cahill's goal is on par with Robin Van Persie's wonder goal against Spain. Personally, I...

Every time that I look at 'greatest books' lists, I seem to come across this book. Therefore I decided to give it a go and see what ...

Over the years I have tried to make a list of my favourite books. The last time I mentioned this project was April 2013.   50 Books to...

Mr Smug! has his smile taken off his face! Germany 4- Portugal 0 Awesome! simples. Germany have arrived in Brazil!! Like a Zeppel...

This is Tinka the cat. He has a hard life! Especially in the summer, and he snores!

Well beaten! England 1 v Italy 2 However there seems to be a bit of optimism around, especially due to the performances of the youn...

PURE CLASS! Robin van Persie confirms the statement that 'Class is permanent' ----------------------------------- What ...

REAL ENGLISH BEER IN A TRADITIONAL ENGLISH PUB The White Swan in Stokesley Here we are in Stokesley with a real pint of bee...

I had to take this photo of the Stadium of Light in Sunderland. We were there last week at a conference. Impressive! All Boro fa...

Can you believe it! This is my first fish of 2014. I normally go fishing very early in May, yet I don't seem to have had the ...

Т ы   можешь себе представить , что однажды я смогу говорить по русски ? И ногда я думаю , что я никогда не смогу ! ...

Jeder, der sich die Fähigkeit erhält, Schönes zu erkennen, wird nie alt werden.  Franz Kafka  Anyone who keeps the ability...

So here we are at Middlesbrough Municipal Golf Club. Steven and I on round 2 of our golf matches. Ok, I lost again!  But this time...

Abigail and I before the Park run in Edinburgh. Pete and Mark before the run Cramond at the start of the Park run, what a beaut...

Finally across the finish line! What a weekend of running and adventure! I finally made it over the line with the time of 2 hours 45 min...

How big is he now?!