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A View From The Greenhouse, Edizione Apulia; Seconda Parte (All In It Together)

1st October 2024 Colin Cross 2625 Comments

The hotel outside Matera is new and consequently very modern, the food in the restaurant was pretty good, but the waiting staff knew we were a tour party and treated us accordingly. Not rude, as [more…]

Culture

A View From The Greenhouse; Edizeone Apulia (Prima Parte)

17th September 2024 Colin Cross 1977 Comments

And so to Italy, but not before making sure the Buildings and Maintenance team had been fully drilled in the routines required to ensure I didn’t return to any kind of disaster. I needn’t have [more…]

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A View From Near The Greenhouse; A New Dawn…..Innit?

3rd September 2024 Colin Cross 1588 Comments

I thought I was under no illusion when I marked my “X” on my ballot paper back in July. Due to boundary changes I’ve ended up living in one of the safest constituencies in the [more…]

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A View From (The Tap Just By) The Greenhouse; Show Edition (Can I Still Say That)?

20th August 2024 Colin Cross 1589 Comments

The middle of August and, as I type, we have 30mph winds and rain that could penetrate plate armour. I’m putting it down to “Global Warming”, I’m sure it has little or nothing to do [more…]

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A View From (The Shed Just By) The Greenhouse; Murder Most Foul

6th August 2024 Colin Cross 3220 Comments

Hello faithful reader! It’s that time of year again, when the whole community reaches a fever pitch of anticipation at the impending village show. Consequently, I’ve selected the onions, grown outside for the first time, [more…]

Cooking

A View From (Adjacent To) The Greenhouse; Rivers Of Blood….Innit?

23rd July 2024 Colin Cross 2805 Comments

It’s easy to get a little bit despondent, especially if you spend too much time focusing on the stories of doom and gloom that are drip fed to us, on a daily basis, by the [more…]

Cooking

A View From (Inside) The Greenhouse….That Was The Election That Was….

9th July 2024 Colin Cross 1990 Comments

There were times, six weeks or so ago, in the aftermath of the “flood” when I was tempted to germinate some more seed and try to start the pepper and chili plantation from scratch, even [more…]

Democracy

A View (Miles Away) From The Greenhouse…The Reform Conundrum

25th June 2024 Colin Cross 2902 Comments

I recently spent a long weekend in Llanberis celebrating my eldest daughters birthday, she chose the area because she wanted to climb Snowdon, which she did along with six of the other guests. I had [more…]

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A View From (Just Outside) The Greenhouse; It’s The Weather, Stupid!

11th June 2024 Colin Cross 2452 Comments

I’m “penning” this missive a little earlier that I normally would, as I have a busy weekend coming up. Accordingly, it won’t be as up to date as I’d normally like, but I’m sure my [more…]

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