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Postcard From Zakynthos

4th November 2019 Colin Cross 3012 Comments

It isn’t just about swanning around the Lake District, visiting friends in Devon, Air B&B’ing to Barcelona, holidaying on the West coast of Scotland  or nipping down to Essex for a couple of beers. There [more…]

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A (short) Postcard From “The Firkin Fox”

25th October 2019 Colin Cross 4175 Comments

I have a good friend who lives in Essex, although we are very different people we’ve always got along well since we first met, we share a sense of humour that not everyone gets. We [more…]

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Postcard From Cumbria (A Week in the Lake District) Part 2

21st October 2019 Colin Cross 4086 Comments

Monday 22/09 Wray Castle-Hawkshead-Claife Viewing Station We’d a full day planned for Monday so it was an early start for us, initially to Ambleside for breakfast at “Kysty Café”. Kysty is Cumbrian dialect for fussy, [more…]

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Postcard From Cumbria (A Week in the Lake District) Part One

14th October 2019 Colin Cross 3201 Comments

Some of you may remember that back in 2017 Mrs. C and I (it was all her plan really) made it our business to do 40 things together to celebrate having been married for 40 [more…]

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From Draft to Bookshop – A Journey

5th July 2019 Colin Cross 3284 Comments

Almost two years ago this weekend my wife and I, rather nervously, drove into a small Devon village on our way to visit a family that I had only met through Going Postal but who [more…]

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An Eventful Ride, Part Two

21st June 2019 Colin Cross 1800 Comments

When spending several weeks in Northern California with Bestie, seeing a lynx down by the pond, having a Crystal Meth junkie gal banging on the truck door and then, finally, getting to where we had [more…]

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Homeland

12th April 2018 Colin Cross 1810 Comments

Homeland It’s just after lunchtime on a day in early February, the capital is bathed in bright sunshine but the breeze, from the east, is chilling to the bone. We can see; An office in [more…]

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Sheds

19th March 2018 Colin Cross 1407 Comments

As I get older I find myself, more and more, thinking about how different life was in the 1950’s and 60’s and also how, through the eyes of  a child, things seemed so very simple. [more…]

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Pheasant and Leek Pie with Filo Crust

13th December 2017 Colin Cross 1888 Comments

GP’s 2017 Advent Calendar of Cuisine If you are lucky enough to have access to pheasants this recipe is well worth a try. Makes a great meal and looks good enough for Boxing Day lunch [more…]

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