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06 July 2010

Going the extra yard

‘Hallo Mark.’

‘Mum! How are you?’

‘Never mind that bullsh1t, I’m coming over.’

That’s the phonecall I received at 6.31pm last Wednesday. So after hanging up at 6.32 I sprinted to the toilet, hyperventilating, wrestling with Marigolds and spraying detergent over the lavatory, basin, toilet flush, door and windows like an overexcited Formula One winner.

And after the Dettol had settled and my mum had arrived, I sat her down to her yard of ale and got to thinking about my recent assignment in Westminster.

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