Chris Ridgers

February 9, 2023

Easy Days in the Isle of Man

Whenever I’m in the Isle of Man I have a wonderful feeling of calm. Whether it’s the relative isolation that comes with sticking yourself on a small island surrounded by seas, or the return to roots of many childhood memories - it’s a level of peace and happiness reserved for few places in my life. It’s always nice to share it as well....
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February 6, 2023

Oh Crap I Have to Actually Fly there…

End of this month I have to do 4 days of air travel across 5 airports and the entire planet. Right now I’m waiting to take off on a 30 minute flight to the Isle of Man and I can say without hesitation that I am the most annoyed a human being has been in all of recorded history*. This is going to suck. *and also unrecorded history, but ...
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February 2, 2023

Prepping for Departure

And it's February. Eesh. Time in the UK is coming to an end. As I get closer to my leaving date (28th) I find myself scrabbling to close off as many loose ends as possible. Notably, I've cleaned my motorcycle 3 times in the last week. For context that's 3 more times than I've cleaned it in the last 12 months. I really need to actually ...
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January 16, 2023

To Hey, or not to Hey?

… that is the question. At this point I must be one of Hey’s easiest customers. At 24 months and 0 emails sent it’s the definition of easy money. When I first set up this account the intention was to use it as a tool in a long intended creative endeavour in the World of Warcraft content creator space. The ‘ffsmonty’ references one of m...
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