Retired Not Out, Paul Chappell's Journal

Diary Posts

These posts are about a day in my life. A day on holiday; a day away from home, or even days at home when something exciting or unusual happened (there probably won’t be many of these).

An Afternoon in Wakefield

This afternoon I had a walk around Wakefield and some bevvies in the excellent Luis Bar + Fernades Brewery public house.

24th July 2026

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Problems With Amazon

Problems buying a new monitor from these people, and issues with subtitles on Amazon Prime Video.

23rd July 2026

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An Afternoon in Todmorden

This afternoon I had a look at Todmorden, visiting the market and three excellent micropubs.

17th July 2026

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The Annual MOT

Today the car passed its last MOT. Next year we will be going carless.

9th July 2026

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Getting Rid of Some Books

For some time, we’ve wanted to get rid of a large number of books. Today we started the process.

7th July 2026

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A Wasted Trip to Keighley

Today I wanted to visit Keighley to get some pictures of the steam trains. Unfortunately, they weren’t running, so I visited Skipton instead. There are two excellent Micropubs there.

3rd July 2026

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Leaving the Halifax Bank

Today I found that Halifax Bank changed the online app. You cannot have alternate account names. So now I have three accounts with the name Instant Saver and two with the name Current Account.

23rd June 2026

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Returning Home from Llandudno

Today I came home after a very pleasant weekend in Llandudno.

22nd June 2026

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A Sunday in and Around Llandudno

My second full day here. I took more photos of Llandudno, of the Waverley departing from the pier and visited a few more interesting pubs.

21st June 2026

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A Saturday in and Around Llandudno

My first full day here. I took some photos of Conwy, the Llandudno seafront and the Waverley Paddle Steamer. I also visited a few interesting pubs.

20th June 2026

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A Weekend in Llandudno

Today I went to Llandudno for the weekend, to see the Waverley paddle steamer, take some photos and visit some interesting pubs.

19th June 2026

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A Day Trip to Warrington

Today the wet weather finally went away, so I went to Warrington to see the Thelwell Ferry, Latchford locks and visit three Good Beer Guide pubs. It was the hottest day of the year so far.

22nd May 2026

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A Day Trip to Salford Quays

Today, it was hot and sunny, so I went to Salford Quays to take some photos, and have a pint in the Lamb Hotel, Eccles.

24th April 2026

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Returning to Marsden

Today my sister returned from her holiday, so I’m going back home to Marsden.

15th April 2026

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Yet Another Cold Wet Day in Liverpool

Today is my last full day in Liverpool and the weather is not good. I met John in the Ship and Mitre, with a pint in the Baltic before.

14th April 2026

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A Sunnier Day in West Kirby and Hoylake

Today I visited West Kirby to suss out the walk to Hilbre Island. I also had drinks in the West Kirby Tap and the Black Toad in Hoylake.

13th April 2026

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