Lurcombe – Iain Douglas Stewart

365 days

By Iain 8 May 2014ReflectionsNo Comments

It's been 365 days since I last had a cigarette, and I feel terrible. Not because of not smoking, that is undoubtedly a good thing. It's because I've essentially replaced nicotine with sugar. Yep, instead of going outside and inhaling some fast-acting nicotine smoke, I'm able to stay inside and comfort myself with some feel-good chocolate, or have a lovely…

Fridate Upday 22/11/13

By Iain 22 November 2013Books, Creativity, Films/TV, Reflections, VideogamesNo Comments

Jane and I celebrated our first wedding anniversary last weekend, we went away to Lurcombe again - we really like it there. While we were away we watched The Iceman - the film of the book of the life, if you will. I read the book back in 2009, and it kick-started my love of reading again, which I guess,…

Our Honeymoon – Day 8

By Iain 15 June 2013ReflectionsNo Comments

Day eight, we drove home. The cats were happy to see us when we arrived, as were the boys. There not being any scales in our apartment, I had no idea if I had put on weight. Well, I say I had no idea, but it was really obvious to be honest - I was drinking 2-3 pints of lager…

Our Honeymoon – Day 7

By Iain 14 June 2013ReflectionsNo Comments

Day seven was our last day at Lurcombe, sadly. We went to Becky Falls, which was awesome. I love a good walk. I experimented with the panorama setting on my camera, and came up with some quite lovely shots, the best of which you can look at and buy prints of here, or you can look at them and read…

Our Honeymoon – Day 6

By Iain 13 June 2013Films/TV, ReflectionsNo Comments

We went to Torquay on day six. There was a lack of good shops and/or arcades - I distinctly remember there being a good arcade here a couple of years ago. We went on the big wheel this time, it was quite good to see the town from that angle. They were playing Daft Punk's Get Lucky while we were…

Our Honeymoon – Day 5

By Iain 12 June 2013Films/TV, ReflectionsNo Comments

Day five was a proper chill day. We went to Dartington Shops, saw some cool artwork by a guy called Moose, went to a farm shop and bought some cheesecake, some ham, some cheese, some general farm goods, and made ourselves a ploughman's for lunch. We watched some Dexter, had paella for tea, then we spent the rest of the…

Our Honeymoon – Day 4

By Iain 11 June 2013Films/TV, ReflectionsNo Comments

We had no eggs left on day four and it was a little bit rainy. This made me want to sadface all over the place, but then I remembered it was our Honeymoon, so I stopped being sad and went back to being awesome. We went to the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth on this day, and they have a…

Our Honeymoon – Day 3

By Iain 10 June 2013Films/TV, ReflectionsNo Comments

On Day 3 we finished off the last of the farm eggs (which tasted so much better than regular eggs it must be said), and went to Brixham. I like Brixham, it has a nice atmosphere, and a nice fishy smell to it. I drank too many random beers the night before, and I was hanging a little bit, so…

Our Honeymoon – Day 2

By Iain 9 June 2013Films/TV, ReflectionsNo Comments

Sunday was Jane's birthday. I slept very well, had a nice green tea in bed, then a bowl of Just Right and some delicious scrambled farm eggs on rustic wholemeal toast. The shower in our apartment was incredible - kind of sunk into the ground. We went off to Cockington on this day, Cockington Court in particular. Jane downloaded a…

Our Honeymoon – Day 1

By Iain 8 June 2013Films/TV, ReflectionsNo Comments

Day one. This started at home, early Saturday morning. Unlike previous holidays, where I've not really been bothered about getting up early on a Saturday morning ready to travel, I don't tend to work stupidly early on a Saturday morning anymore, so getting up at 5 in the morning hurt. And it didn't help that I did not sleep very…