On the Rocks
After my walk around Treyarnon Bay, I got into Fiona and headed south-east across central Cornwall. It was mid-afternoon but still quite bright and sunny. I had two destinations in mind, both to do...
View ArticleGarden sorted - for now
The skip I hired has gone. It went three days ago. By then it was well-filled. All the minor shrubbery and undergrowth in my back garden has been cut away - on both sides - leaving just a few big items...
View ArticleTopless beach babes in a remote Dorset church
I like historical places, and one of my personal axioms is that in any locality the parish church will be the most ancient and history-laden building, and therefore worth a look. You sometimes find...
View ArticleBlood-spattered signposts, and transportation for life
Not far from West Chelborough and Evershot is one of Dorset's small number (only three?) of red-painted signposts, all known as 'Red Posts'. Although not in the most modern style, they are all at any...
View ArticleNot a proper holiday?
I'm now at Pandy Caravan Club Site, which is just off the A465 between Abergavenny and Hereford. I arrived today after a longish journey of some 200 miles, and rain was falling as I turned up. It's...
View ArticleFat tyres
It was impossible to publish any posts while away at Pandy. The local Mobile Internet in that part of Monmouthshire was very poor. I could have put something together, and sent it off whenever visiting...
View ArticleIt wasn't a mere consultation exercise
I have faith in our Prime Minister's judgement and whatever Master Plan has been formulated under her leadership behind closed doors. Which is perhaps rather irrational of me. But I do see Mrs May as a...
View ArticleHello Slimming World!
Well, I've joined. This was three evenings ago, on Thursday. I began to adapt my food and drink regime to Slimming World guidance from breakfast on Friday, and it's now Sunday morning. Today is Day 3...
View ArticleSlimming World - how am I doing?
My weight-loss regime began first thing last Friday, and it's already Wednesday: day 6. I had a moment of great satisfaction and encouragement on Monday morning, when I weighed myself nude on my home...
View ArticleA ghostly owl in a dark corridor
I must have a Gothic streak in me, because despite being easily startled and a thorough whimpette, I do end up wandering alone around old buildings, where the atmosphere is creepy and suggestive of...
View ArticleShopping list malfunction
Oops! This wasn't meant to happen. I had two bananas on hand, and needed more - enough to last four days. And I got rather carried away at Waitrose. I have ended up with sixteen bananas, all to be...
View ArticleTorpantau
Torpantau (pronounced Tor-PANT-eye) is the name of a prominent slope on the south side of a range of mountains in the Brecon Beacons of South Wales. It's also the name of a station on the old railway...
View ArticleThe country dinner-party
That's me, dressed to dine in a country house in Plumpton, a Sussex village not far away from my own. Two evenings ago. It was in fact one of those 'pop-up restaurants' - a temporary restaurant for...
View ArticleTrumped
Already I'm tired of hearing about Donald Trump and what he may achieve. And what his style will turn out to be. But it all has to be faced. It's reality. And so I will look on him and his words and...
View ArticleBirding with a friend
I'll confess straight out that ornithology - the study of birds - isn't my thing. Nor is 'birding' - casual and not-so-casual bird-watching. But birds are nevertheless beautiful and interesting...
View ArticleAn afternoon on the Okehampton artillery range
On 30th September, I decided to drive south from Great Torrington to Okehampton, with three objectives in mind: a look at Okehampton station, a drive over the artillery range up on Dartmoor, reached...
View ArticleThe Mappa Mundi
It's 25th October, just over three weeks ago, and I'm in Hereford. It's only my second visit to this most English of cities, so close to the Welsh Border. I passed through with Mum, Dad and M---...
View ArticleWindows 10 - the 'improved' Photos application - beware!
Windows 10 introduced automatic and non-optional updates for all but business users (who were permitted to at least decide the most convenient time to update). The idea was to keep all Windows 10 users...
View ArticleHomemade soup experiments - initial success!
My current Slimming World weight-loss regime almost requires you to experiment in the kitchen, to find tasty and easy-to-prepare meals that you like, and will want to make again. I was missing the...
View ArticleA sunny day on a surfing beach
It's just been lashing down with rain again outside, and it's a typical dull and damp November day. I've been keeping some posts in reserve for days like this, all about fine-weather holiday events...
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