Tag: death of peter huntley
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Buying a House, Part 2
Recently, Ruth, Dan and JTA went looking at lots of houses. Then they decided to buy one, and engaged in a ballsy psychological negotiating tactic designed to get the best deal in the shortest time.
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Hello 2013: Goodbye 2012
In a belated blog post, Dan looks back on 2012, and describes it as one of the hardest years of his life.
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A Broken Oath
You wouldn't have thought it possible to incorrectly witness an oath or affirmation, would you? But somehow, a solicitor that Dan paid did exactly that.
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4 Things You Should Do When Writing A Will (Which My Dad Didn't)
While acting as executor for his father's estate, there have been four particular problems with Dan's dad's Will that have made the task monumentally more-challenging than it might have been. Here are four things that Dan's dad should have done to make Dan's job easier.
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A Bus Called Peter
Dan attends a ceremony to name a bus after his father, who died earlier this year, and surprises everybody present by pouring beer over the front of the new vehicle.
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The Coroner's Inquest
Dan provides reflections on his trip to Kendal for the coroner's inquest on his father's death, five months after he fell from a cliff in the Lake District.
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Signs Seen in Service Stations
After a few motorway service station visits, Dan wonders how to drink alcohol in a parallel dimension, and whether its okay for Costa to make light of addictions.
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Worst Weekend Of Cinema - Part 2
In another bad cinema experience, Dan ends up watching the truly dreadful Piranha 3DD.
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Top of the World
This weekend, Dan's father finally made it to the North Pole, as part of his charity trek, albeit in the form of his cremated ashes being carried by another member of his polar team.
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Personal Effects
Dan's been working on sorting out his late father's estate and his personal effects. Some people have been helpful; others, less so.
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Ashes to Ashes (The Funeral of Peter Huntley)
Dan's dad's funeral was this Friday. Here, he provides photos, videos, and a write-up of what turned out to be a spectacular and well-deserved send-off for a larger-than-life man, who'll be sadly missed.
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Funeral of Peter George Huntley, 1956 - 2012
More information about the funeral.
On Sunday 19th February 2012, Peter George Huntley was killed in a tragic accident while training for a sponsored expedition to the North Pole in aid of TransAid. During his life, he worked tirelessly to improve the face of British transport and for innumerable charities and worthy causes. He leaves behind … -
Little Things
A little under a fortnight after the death of his father, Dan explains how it's the little things, and not the big things, that are hardest for him.
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Full Stop
Dan's father was killed this weekend in a tragic accident. [updated with funeral info and photo]
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This is my father. Call somebody you love today.
This is my father. He's dragging a tyre in the photo because he's in training to do a sponsored walk to the North Pole, to raise money for a charity called TransAid.
Apparently, tying a tyre to your waist and then dragging it around accurately simulates the effort required to drag a sled with all …