The Cockchafer..
The cockchafer or the ‘doodlebug’, a nickname later given to the V-1 flying bomb of WWII for their similarities in sound made during flight. […]
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Favourite places number 1
Working by the river Wye, listening to the music it produces and being constantly bemused by its variations on a theme is […]
Unknown territory..
Never been here before. We love cars and at one point had an Audi TT and a Mercedes SLK together and thoroughly […]
Clock change…
Couldn’t think of anything else to do, so wandered through the garden to the river. Always a thought provoking and stimulating sojourn. […]
Oh! Poo.
Time to take out the old vegetables, now that they are sprouting, and prepare the beds for this year. The donkey manure […]
Froggie would a woowin’ go…
There used to be fish in here, and every now and again the new generation of Herons comes to be disappointed. Otters […]
At a crossroad?
I predict the next big televisual thingy will be Crossroads- the Brum recorded Midlands set soap, of a very clean hue, and […]
Jolly vs Diddy
The success of ITV drama series Nolly, featuring Helena Bonham Carter, above, as Noele Gordon, star of the much derided soap Crossroads, has prompted […]
“You have no enemies, you say…”
No EnemiesBy Charles Mackay(English Chartist poet, 1814–1889) “YOU have no enemies, you say? Alas! my friend, the boast is poor; He who […]