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General

Why do you blog?

Why am I here? Why have I written six hundred (half are private) different entries onto this site? Because I find writing my...

General

Reviewing the  #august2020challenge

We’re into the final stretch now. Just three posts to go to complete the #august2020challenge. Its been hard work but a lot of...

General

August blog-a-day challenge midway review

When I started this challenge I was concerned that I might not finish it. It is very easy to sit and write 31...

General

Favourite quotes

He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss,...

Photography

Favourite photograph from 2020

I love this. Taken in June 2020 on a rainy summers day. We took a trip to Thorp Perrow arboretum. The weather flitted...

Travel

Bolton Abbey.

Following of from a great night of drinks and steak and laughs, which rekindled something, we drove out to Bolton Abbey today. We’d...

Travel

Holiday day seven.

Home tomorrow. It’s been a seriously brilliant week. I mean, a seriously brilliant week. We’ve shared laughs, food, drink. We’ve talked about family,...

Travel

Holiday day five. 

Easily the best day so far. Woke up too early this morning but managed to get back to sleep and stay there until...

Travel

Holiday day four. 

I was up before dawn and took a short walk over to the eastern side of the camp to watch the sun rise...

Travel

Holiday day three. 

I’m sat on the decking, the temperature a balmy 22 degrees at half past seven in the evening. I’ve got beer, fresh bread,...