DougOct 11, 20211 min readGrandad!!How quickly things can change. From the single toss of a coin, a chance encounter or a kind word, your world can change in an instant....
DougOct 8, 20211 min readA new lifeWhere do you find an out of work transport manager / driver / sock model / actor? Why, in a coffee shop of course! I am content at this...
DougOct 6, 20211 min readOwnershipIt’s not about beating myself up or comparing my experiences with others. It’s about taking ownership, taking control of what’s wrong...
DougSep 27, 20211 min readI am what I am!This is me. I don’t care for your ideas about who I am. I know who I am now. It’s taken me 54 years to get to a place where I can say I...
DougSep 22, 20211 min readAngerAnger is a terrible emotion. It is born of fear. It is a child of misunderstanding and confusion. It feeds itself incessantly. Flames...
DougSep 14, 20211 min readLeaving LochmaddyA wee tune that I’m learning. The fingerwork is a bit rusty but nae sair bad!
DougSep 8, 20211 min readBroken not beatenFrom the darkest time in my life to where I find myself today. I am a broken vase. I have glued myself together. There are a few bits...
DougAug 27, 20211 min readTune. Everything’s Made to be brokenhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg9CPE_4r88 And I'd give up forever to touch you 'Cause I know that you feel me somehow You're the closest...
DougAug 20, 20214 min readWhat time??!Up at 2.30 for a 5.15 call time on set and waiting for 2 things. 1. Another covid test 2. Breakfast I should say that one is more...
DougAug 14, 20212 min readLooking in and out.An introverted and introspective couple of days. They come and then go, the going seems slightly easier as I move further away from my...
DougAug 11, 20213 min readGold……‘Literally!’So…. I turned up at Warner Studios yesterday looking forward to being dressed in armour only to be told that I was no longer playing the...
DougAug 7, 20211 min readUppa TowenHonours even at Portman Road, 2-2 against The Shrimps! Lovely day out with my family, bruv in law, nephew and my son. Great day! #ipswich...
DougAug 6, 20211 min readWin or lose in The Game of ThronesI’ve finally got onto the production of the new GOT series!! It’s a prequel and is a production of biblical proportion! I’m a featured...
DougAug 5, 20211 min readThe Nevers!Repping a ‘Socially Awkward’ badge from @thesentient.tree Lots of great stuff on the stall! With my daughter @briaghs who is making up...
DougAug 3, 20214 min readThe RingI know I’ve written numerous blogs saying this will be the final one about R and me. But this blog is one long love letter anyway. It’s a...
DougJul 30, 20211 min readOn formI’ve been diagnosed with EUPD and I can now start to see it for what it is. In the morning I was on top form, making all the ladies laugh...
DougJul 30, 20211 min readEUPDI tick every single box and then some. To those that I’ve hurt in the past because of my reactions/ overreactions, my inappropriate...
DougJul 26, 20211 min readKnackeredThe only sweeties I take to bed are Haribo super mix! I’m staying in a holiday inn and the bed is enormous!!!! Of course life on the road...
DougJul 24, 20211 min readRumoursI have heard rumours that my blog contains derogatory remarks about R. Whoever has started that ridiculous nonsense hasn’t read it. In...