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This is a very short update to let you know that I’m moving this newsletter. You may have noticed that I have been quiet for some time and not received…
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Sherlock Holmes
I don’t remember whether my first exposure to Sherlock Holmes was reading a book or watching a film. My feeling is that it was the latter and I know…
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Eat What You Grow
Grow What You Love To Eat
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Hospitals
The last few weeks I’ve been in and out of hospital as a visitor. If you’ve had any recent experience yourself you’ll know that they are busy places…
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The Power of Memories Pt. 2
Paper Round
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The Power of Memories Pt. 1
Wimp Out
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Teaching This Old Dog A New Trick
By the time I’d finished with full time education at around 21, I knew that I never wanted to go back and study like that again. I’d had enough. I’ve…
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A Fox In The Garden At Night Time
This is a roundup of a couple of things from the last week or so. We’ve had a trail camera set in our garden since we moved in. It’s a good way to find…
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A Cuckoo Called
The Return of a Lost Icon?
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Goose Day
The Festival of Michaelmas
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False Springs
Meteorologist would have you believe that it starts on the 1st March each year. Astronomers with the March Equinox. Mother Nature will make you think…
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A Free Extension Courtesy of Amazon
I had a packaged delivered by Amazon the other day. I didn’t realise that it had actually been delivered because the delivery driver didn’t ring the…
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Drainage
My Dad taught me how to rod a drain. I’ve maybe practiced those skills about three times. It isn’t actually the sort of thing that you want to practice…
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Deerwatch
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Life After Fifty
Some things from 50 years of life and beyond. One topic each week until I run out of things to write about.
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