Hobbies
Collecting Spaceflight Coins
Several attempts at an article have been made by me during the past year or two, but they have never made it past the “put flesh on the bones” stage. Having assessed a few more [more…]
Blog
Health
What’s all the fuss about the COVID-19 Vaccine?
I have recently been observing, with much interest, the debate around both the necessity for, and safety of, the Covid-19 vaccine. I should state, at this point that I am certainly not anti-vax. I received [more…]
Literature
Lords and Ladies, Part One
IT had been a particularly joyless summer day at Pyewacket Hall. A feverish, boiling heat had beaten down relentlessly upon its ancient, moss-flecked granite walls. Pristine lawns had been turned to yellow scrub and vivid [more…]
Animals
Wildfowling: The end of an era
Having made my debut on this marvellous site with an article about my passion, I thought I would follow that article up with a slightly more personal account of a memorable day in my life [more…]
Arts
Have I got news for you
My adopted father, now probably long enough in the grave that there are no physical remains bar a simple skeleton, had a down to earth approach towards the idiot lantern. If he didn’t like what [more…]
Hobbies
It’s a SNAP! – Part Two
In Part One of this saga I talked about how I got hooked on photography and how the camera collecting bug bit me. In this part I will talk about digital photography and how this [more…]
Arts
Protecting The NHS, Hepatitis C, Covid-19 and The Rest. A Personal Account
Sixty nine years ago, give or take a week or so, I was delivered into this world. My mother gave birth to me in what was then known as “the huts”, a collection of prefabricated [more…]
Engineering
Cnuteneering, Part Three
Welcome back to Cnuteneering, where the possible is made more difficult by bone headed ignorance, overenthusiasm and pointy metal things being brought together. You may want to refresh your memory on the project in: Part [more…]
America
A Brit shooting a Glock 17 on a range in the USA
In Sept 2015, my wife and I made it down to the On Target Shooting range in Jacksonville Florida and it was an action packed and very worthwhile visit. Although we had to battle through [more…]