Rampaging through life on The Cairo Express: Recent Episodes

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I want this to be an exercise in accountability – this podcast can make me stick with something, long term. The idea of doing something like this has been floating around my head for years, and that is the kind of case in point as per the above – why do I never see anything through? I have the greatest ideas, but have never really arrived at where I thought I would be in life. A lot of that comes down to getting distracted, and following the fun.

It is time for the fat lady to sing. I can let this go now. Tks for listening x

I am a fat fuck

The Ashes and Wimbledon

A drunken account of my week. I can't find the intro music.

This one was Puerta Banus. This one was heavier. This one may have been too much.

A whirlwind recollection of my time in the land of paella.

The greek island of Kos.

Just an average week, plus a speeding fine

The taste of Europe

Why are tradespeople so fucking useless?

Hanging out with law enforcers and getting erections

What happens when your girlfriend doesn't want you anymore?

Trying to get thru border control when you're a beige male.

WIll the last one in the buidling please turn out the lights?

The first wedding I can remember attending....

A look at youth employability

Martyn rears his head again.

What do you talk about when your friendship was a lifetime ago?

How to tick 26.2 miles off of your bucket list in style

Important product updates

The best way to end a friendship.

How the 2 'N's can fuck you up.

Lost a couple this week. RIP.

A visit to Cairo via Istanbul and a drive to Newport in Wales.

Weird goings on in stag do land

Driving around the USA

How can you help someone you care about?

The curse of a dirty penis.

How to cultivate meaningful business relationships.

My entry into the world of digital markets

Dodgy guts, dodgy place

Owning a 1970's muscle car.

Some silly short stories about the things that really make Xmas special.

How to lose all your money.

When you spend most of your adult life gettinghammered with someone, you grow to tolerate something beyond normal in terms of acceptable behaviour.

The perils of using Groupon and Wowcher for body art, hair removal and colonic irrigation.

A story of how the former England rugby captain is named similarly to one of my idiot friends.

Meet my friend Matt

Football watching in the jungle.

A trip to the dodgiest place on Earth.

A story about how to do your first trip to the biggest sporting event on the planet.

Amserdam, Budapest, Monaco.

The Shepperton Fatboys and some of the team members in profile

The Greatest of all Time comes from the most expensive city on Earth.

Sometimes things enter you without permission

Bogota, Cartagena, Tayrona, shambala and End of the Road

Reading Festival in the 90s. And surving a beer festival in Germany.

In honour of my podcast mentor, David Boyle of I'm Quitting Alcohol, the podcast.

How hard can it be to sell a car? Also, some tips on how to pass time in the bus queue.

How to process curries internally.

How to fix a hand problem.

Learn about the miscreants I assocaite with.

How to fit in in Liverpool

Sleepy little village on the Surrey / Hampshire border, I should work for their tourist board, maybe.

THe biggest crap hole I have ever lived in.

Gettting to the match is not always the easiest

Dribbling on about some cars.

Damaging the tool

Cars and booze don't mix.

Not my favourite food.

Mastering the art of bagging

A friend with too much skin.

Tortoises have more to them than you might think.

Why all day drinking should be taken on with caution.

What happened at work this week? And what has being beige got to do with it?

So my good friend Cristian has been telling me for the last 5 years to start a podcast. He thinks my stories are funny. So mate, this one is for you. In fact, they are all for you.