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Pastures New…
71Saturday 14 May, 2016 by Uncle Spike
I set out three years ago knowing diddly-squat about blogging, or even what a blog to be honest (seriously), and now …
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Half a million !
37Monday 15 February, 2016 by Uncle Spike
So that’s it, half a million page views in the bag! I stopped being obsessive over blog stats moons ago. …
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Blogging Year 2015
50Thursday 31 December, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Like many of you, 2015 has been an extremely busy year for us. The sad knock-on effect is that the …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Gone But Not Forgotten (III)
15Sunday 07 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This was Rhonda Elkins, a fellow blogger in our WordPress community. Gone, but not forgotten. Rhonda was the blogger behind My …
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1 Year ~ Looking Forwards
15Saturday 28 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
It’s been a great inaugural year. But just where should I take Uncle Spike’s Adventures next? . What… I …
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1 Year ~ The Spikey’s
17Friday 27 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Followers of Uncle Spike’s Adventures !! What a great surprise this was… I gathered that a few ‘new folk’ would …
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1 Year ~ Guest Bloggers
9Thursday 26 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
In this ‘One Year’ celebratory post for Uncle Spike’s Adventures, I take a look back at one of my favourite …
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1 Year ~ My Personal Favourites
9Wednesday 25 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Following on from the Top Posts of the past year, there are of course my own personal favourites. Now, they might or …
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1 Year ~ Review Of Top Posts
29Tuesday 24 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
With over 760 posts, how the chuff can I choose a few ‘Top Posts’ for this anniversary post? Sometimes I …
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1 Year ~ My Blogging Journey
30Monday 23 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
So where, how and why did all this start…. I get asked that occasionally and never feel able to provide …
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1 Year ~ This & That
20Sunday 22 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Uncle Spike’s Adventures in Numbers !! In this last year, the biggest surprise I would say has been the popularity …
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1 Year ~ Our 1st Birthday !!
35Saturday 21 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Uncle Spike’s Adventures is one year old !! Yes, just about one year ago, I sat down to scribe my …
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Lost For Words… Almost
18Tuesday 27 May, 2014 by Uncle Spike
I know, when is Uncle Spike ever ‘lost for words’, lol…? BUT . 150,000 hits . Seriously?? All seems a …
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I Love When Ideas Fail
5Tuesday 20 May, 2014 by Uncle Spike
A few weeks ago I had the hairbrained idea of the Spikey Chatroom… Well, guess what, never got used, lol. …
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Spikey’s Chatroom – Whatever Next?
12Wednesday 30 April, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Being a sad Muppet at times, I was perusing the old Widget store the other day and lo and behold, …
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Dumb-ass Views on Blogging! (Part Two)
15Monday 28 April, 2014 by Uncle Spike
To recap…, A while back I was having some real issues with my blog. I was rapidly running out of …
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Dumb-ass Views on Blogging!
14Sunday 27 April, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Retired IT guy? – check Established blogger? – check Total dumb-ass? – check “So let’s look at the evidence, shall …
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Seeking Your Advice…
57Saturday 19 April, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Hello Spikey’s, in particular, my fellow bloggers… As I approach the one year mark for this blog, I find myself …
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Only Sixteen – Just About Remember That…
7Wednesday 16 April, 2014 by Uncle Spike
So today’s Daily Prompt is called ‘Only Sixteen‘; challenging us bloggers to remember back to those days (as in me), …
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Guest post: “Strongman” – by Chris, from Muscleheaded
8Sunday 06 April, 2014 by Uncle Spike
So here we are again… This week, Uncle Spike, a small weakling of a blogging farmer in rural Turkey, has a …
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Guest post: “Vancouver” – by lilmisspoutine
4Sunday 09 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
In this post, we are taken on a visit all the way to the west coast of Canada by Uncle …
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REBLOG: Uncle spike’s branching out?
Leave a commentMonday 03 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Originally posted on tonyarmitage:
No not really, but noticed this on the back of a cereal packet this morning and… -
1,000 Spikey’s !! — The First & Last
47Thursday 27 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This blog now has over 1,000 followers; a fact I’m slowly getting used to. However, like all bloggers, it takes …
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Ambiverts & Social Media
24Sunday 23 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Social Media falls into two camps; whereby folk communicate with friends, and/or with complete strangers. But I find myself asking …
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Organising One’s Categories
15Friday 21 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Unlike some blogs, I don’t keep to a set type of post – no sh*!… some will say! Ok, I …
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Followers: Voluntary or Involuntary?
40Thursday 16 January, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Just a question…. Followers; should they be voluntary or not? What got me tickling my thinning hair about all this …
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5 0 , 0 0 0 . . . BAZINGA !!
62Thursday 09 January, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Bazinga indeed my fellow bloggers and bloggees… It would seem that Uncle Spike’s Adventures has amassed a rather respectable 50,000 …
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Bloggers Supporting Bloggers…
16Tuesday 10 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Ok bloggers, hands up who is a ‘newbie’, who is an ‘old hand’ at this game? Me, I’m an ‘in-betweener’, …
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And Spikey Is Back…..
3Wednesday 20 November, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Last Thursday afternoon we had a good old storm roll in, fast and furious it was. That’s all pretty normal …
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New Spikey Feature Coming Soon…
3Monday 28 October, 2013 by Uncle Spike
As from the beginning of November, I’m gonna be introducing a new feature to Uncle Spikes Adventures… namely the role …
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Spikey Stats Izz Growin’…!
11Saturday 26 October, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Well, what a daft old two weeks that was! For while your Uncle Spike has been toddling around the farm …
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