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Classy Bear
When we lived in Japan, Sam used to collect these mugs that would show up every now and again at recycle shops (that is to say, secondhand shops) with a little painting of a teddy bear in Ivy League-style outfits, labeled The World of Classy Bear. All of the mugs had a little trademark at the bottom indicating that the eponymous Classy Bear was the property of Takara, a Japanese toy company that I remember from ads growing up.
From this listing on eBay The mugs (and other associated crockery) seems to be relatively available on eBay, where they fetch decent prices.
Anyway, we've still got the mugs, so imagine our surprise when we spotted Classy Bear—unmistakably Classy Bear—on a £180 t-shirt at Gatwick Airport, labelled (rather unimaginatively if you ask me) "Polo Bear by Ralph Lauren".
Who the heck is Polo Bear?
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October 2023
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Stockholm kanelbulle ranking
16All of the kanelbullar I ate on my trip to Stockholm in 2023, ranked from best to worst.
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Stockholm: Tuesday
3Last day in Stockholm. The most disappointing kanelbulle.
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Stockholm: Monday
2Eating our way across Stockholm's neighbourhoods: bullar in Östermalm, fika on Skeppsbro, korvar and meatballs in Södermalm.
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Stockholm: Sunday
1Going to a building with a big ship inside, coffee and kanelbulle in the fancy part of town, a disappointing pick'n'mix, being mistaken for locals at a kebab place.
September 2023
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Stockholm: Saturday
30Visiting Birka, drinking a flight of IPAs at a Whippet Bar, attending a post-metal concert, eating grillade korvar.
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Stockholm: Friday
29Visiting Skansen, doing a fika, having a life-changing experience with a cinnamon roll, going for a run, reindeer for dinner.
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Stockholm: Thursday
28Arriving in Stockholm at an average speed of two hundred kph or thereabouts.
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Wrekenton XC
24My first outing at a cross-country running event. Rain before, mud during, and lots of cake directly afterwards.
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Alton Towers
11A trip to the United Kingdom's answer to Disney World.
August 2023
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Big Lime triathlon
20A proper post about doing a triathlon: how it felt, what I did, and who couldn't get my name right at the end.
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Weeknotes 7 August
13Quiet one round our end.
July 2023
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Weeknotes 24 July
30Living exhausted in the shadow of the Castle Howard triathlon.
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Weeknotes 17 July
23Joining a running club, attending Middlesbrough Front End, getting my bike tuned up, competing in a triathlon
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Weeknotes 2 July
9A busier week than usual: a spa day, a cold, a trip to Scotland, a dip in a reservoir, a walk up Worm Hill.
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Weeknotes 26 June 2023
2Doing way more running, cycling, and swimming than I ever thought I would. Also: getting back on the motorbike!
April 2023
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April 2023
30Getting back into it.
March 2023
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March 2023
31A long month of nothing, waiting for my hand to fix itself.
January 2023
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January 2023
31Got a bit of momentum behind us on what feels like the darkest month of the year, astronomy be damned.
2022
December 2022
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2022
312022 was a year of real highs and lows. We got a dog, climbed a bunch of mountains, learned to ride a motorcycle, re-learned how to ride a bicycle, travelled to Europe, travelled to the United States, read a whole bunch, and wasted a buttload of time.
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