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Whoops, we did it again!
There was a steely determination in the eyes of those intrepid Reckers boarding the train at 11am on Friday morning. This time we were...
Simon Truckle
Apr 2, 20234 min read
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The wrong coloured shorts
You can support your club for pretty much any reason. Mine is because we had a black and white telly. It was 1975 and replica kits were...
Simon Truckle
Jun 30, 20215 min read
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Truly 'Madley' Deeply
A story of grief, loss, and ghosts of the past with the soundtrack of the Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine anymore, with the original star Alan...
Simon Truckle
Nov 17, 20202 min read
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Revolting players, a good thing?
A Cocu coup, sounds like something that would get a bird watcher twitching but could be what got Derby County's season back on track. We...
Simon Truckle
Oct 25, 20203 min read
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10 games minimum
We often hear that you shouldn’t judge a season until after 10 games but that hasn’t stopped a significant portion of Derby fans calling...
Simon Truckle
Oct 23, 20204 min read
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Skiing in Greece, extract from Love's Labours
Hania was a good place for Scott’s first introduction to skiing, having just four slopes ranging from not-very-steep to something you’d...
Simon Truckle
Mar 14, 20203 min read
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Truckle answers mayday call
Author's note, you may, quite reasonably assume that I am a king-sized bell-end from this match report - please bear in mind context and...
Simon Truckle
Nov 14, 20196 min read
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Where's Wellington?
Hats off to the New Zealand authorities for putting up this fine sign over Wellington Harbour, modelled on the Hollywood one in LA no...
Simon Truckle
Aug 31, 20191 min read
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"...one of the funniest summer holiday reads that you will come across."
‘Love’s Labours’ by Simon Truckle A Book Review It’s always a nerve wracking experience to review a book for a friend, or a friend of a...
Simon Truckle
Jul 7, 20193 min read
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As dry as Stephen Fry
Scott had the sort of face you would love to play at poker. It was not hard to read his expression at the best of times and right now he...
Simon Truckle
May 19, 20195 min read
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Meet Mildred
He undid the rope and pulled her gently in the direction of the straw, only to discover Mildred had other ideas. She had decided that...
Simon Truckle
May 13, 20194 min read
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Catch, how many?
Mr Heller looked down into the wriggling mass of fish at the bottom of the boat. It looked like a reasonable haul and one that would...
Simon Truckle
May 12, 20191 min read
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Opening lines revisited
Virginia Woolf leant over her Underwood portable, adjusted the paper feed and marshalled her thoughts. She considered the starting of a...
Simon Truckle
May 8, 20191 min read
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What the Dickens?
Dickens at the casino... "Please sir, can I have some more?” Oliver Twist “Please sir, can I not have any more” Oliver Stick “Please sir...
Simon Truckle
May 7, 20191 min read
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To Helsinki and back
Jem: How are the the book sales going? Truckle: Just back from my first book tour. Went to visit a mate in Helsinki for the weekend, the...
Simon Truckle
Apr 24, 20191 min read
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Foot Spa Anyone?
They were sitting at their usual table, the one right on the beach, and had been chatting to Moe about business. Oliver took a swig of...
Simon Truckle
Apr 24, 20194 min read
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Horoscopes
Further down the beach, Vanessa was having a slightly less cheery morning. She was sitting at a beachside café flicking through the paper...
Simon Truckle
Mar 27, 20191 min read
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Beware of Greek....dogs
It was at this point that things started to unravel. Scott’s optimistic assumption that the sign on the wall said ‘This is where the...
Simon Truckle
Mar 27, 20191 min read
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Very, very dry
Oliver was reclining in the second of their tatty deckchairs in his customary position, outside the shed that housed the equipment. This...
Simon Truckle
Mar 3, 20191 min read
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4 go mad on social media part 1
Simon: Lads, I’ve written a book, and need to build a social media following to market it. What do you say? Jem: Have you? Is it any good...
Simon Truckle
Feb 28, 20192 min read
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