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Fiction

The Unseen Path – Part Seventy Five

12th September 2018 1642again 2354 Comments

Five minutes later in came the Armenian Archimandrite and an aide with another Greek translator; everything would have to be relayed from English to Greek to Armenian and back again.  Narin entered then, looking about [more…]

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Making A Ruby Laser – Part Four

11th September 2018 Doc Mike Finnley 1856 Comments

The Doc’s ruby laser focused onto a lighter flint. The flint has been glued to the end of a match stick. The ‘explosion’ measures approximately 4 inches diameter. Interesting things to note are the ‘candy [more…]

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Thoughts of a First Time Cruiser

10th September 2018 Sweaty Dave 2600 Comments

Before you all start, no not the RP sort of cruising. Prior to the brewery bash, I was lucky enough to enjoy our family holiday. Family in this case being myself, Missus, three teenagers (14 [more…]

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Postcard from Fan y Big

10th September 2018 Jonathon Davies 2014 Comments

When is a mountain no longer a mountain? When it becomes a hill. Sound strange? Read on. A mountain is a large land form that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of [more…]

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Tilda & Tilda and the Witches

9th September 2018 Tachybaptus 1983 Comments

Tilda and Tilda and the Witches page with links and downloads in various formats here: Tilda and Tilda and the Witches – Index and download URLs With many thanks to Tachybaptus for the writing and [more…]

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The Unseen Path – Part Seventy Four

8th September 2018 1642again 2864 Comments

She put the phone down and tried to get some sleep.  Sam had reassured her that the body was dealt with, just needed them to take it to a place he knew, one of their [more…]

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The Valet’s Tale

6th September 2018 Going Postal 4004 Comments

  My name is William Carew and, until recent events unfolded, I was the valet to Sir Thomas Stradling of St Donat’s Castle in the Vale of Glamorgan.  I entered his service while he was [more…]

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The Unseen Path – Part Seventy Three

5th September 2018 1642again 2349 Comments

“What do you mean, my family?” “Your wife, grown up children, their families, how far do you want us to go?” If what had gone before was horrific this was worse, the flat way this [more…]

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Job – Striving to Understand

2nd September 2018 1642again 1976 Comments

  This is dedicated to a fellow GP poster who saw a close friend die a horrible and early death of cancer only recently. His comments on this tragedy moved me deeply and inspired me [more…]

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