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Author: Jon Bounds

Jon was voted the ‘14th Most Influential Person in the West Midlands’ in 2008. Subsequently he has not been placed. He’s been a football referee, venetian blind maker, cellar man, and a losing Labour council candidate: “No, no chance. A complete no-hoper” said a spoilt ballot. Jon wrote and directed the first ever piece of drama performed on Twitter when he persuaded a cast including MPs and journalists to give over their timelines to perform Twitpanto. But all that is behind him.

Postcards from a small island

By Jon Bounds Posted on September 13, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments

When we were working out what benefits the funders of our post-modern grand vitesse could have we were a bit stuck — what could people get tangibly from us ragged-arsedly pootling round the coast? Yes this blog, but to be frank it’ll be bitty: we’…

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Your name will also go on the list

By Jon Bounds Posted on September 13, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized 1 Comment

One thing we didn’t really factor in to the planning of the trip is that the seaside is a bit like the countryside. Pretty, hilly, cold and with poor 3G coverage—which is why updates at the moment are a bit sporadic. I spent nearly as long trying …

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Weston. Mostly closed

By Jon Bounds Posted on September 12, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments

So far, on our first stop we’ve encountered a closed ‘Captain Jack’s’ on-pier bar, a closed other bar and even a closed Tourist Information office. Wetherspoons, however is always open. It even has a nautical theme. First listen to David Essex too…

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Hello Everybody

By Jon Bounds Posted on July 29, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments

Is exactly how my Granddad taught me to always start any public utterance, although he insisted that the grey PM of the nineties was called “John Mayors” and wouldn’t be told otherwise. He also drove a brown Austin Allegro with a vinyl roof which …

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