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A short walk in the Cymraeg Kush, Part One

30th May 2022 Going Postal 0

Foreword by Warble on Augh Yes, I have read it, re-read it and revisited more times than I probably should have. I refer of course to that wonderful piece of literature “A short walk in [more…]

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Erich Bachem – an engineer years ahead of his time (iii)

16th May 2022 Tom Pudding 0

Introduction It was a sunny Saturday afternoon in mid-July 2010. I was sitting outside our tent on the Municipal Campsite at Bléré, in the Indre et Loire département of central France doing a crossword and [more…]

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Three Men on a Bike, Part Four

2nd May 2022 Roger Ackroyd 0

Two weeks after setting forth from Croydon we finally free-wheeled into St.Nazaire on the southern coast of Brittany, somewhat short of our initial target of St.Tropez. The tandem and single bike had survived various alarms [more…]

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Three Men on a Bike, Part Three

27th April 2022 Roger Ackroyd 0

Having recovered from the ravages of what we thought was pilchard food poisoning but was more likely some dodgy Camembert, and rested sufficiently at the Rouen youth hostel we ventured forth on Day 5 and [more…]

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Three Men on a Bike, Part Two

13th April 2022 Roger Ackroyd 0

You will recall that we three intrepid cyclists, Cough, Pat and my good self, had landed in Blangy sur Bresle, a small village on the border of Picardy and Normany on the second night of [more…]

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Three Men on a Bike, Part One

30th March 2022 Roger Ackroyd 0

I suppose it must have been during the 1965 Easter break from the Sixth Form that Bogs, Cough, Pat and myself decided that during the summer months between the AS level exams and the start [more…]

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Queen of the Hebrides – Personal Recollections

24th February 2022 Going Postal 0

17.30 Saturday 31st October 2015 For the second day running, we sit on the hard plastic chairs at Glenegedale Airport, staring despondently out of the windows into the grey Islay gloom, with only the occasional [more…]

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Another Caribbean Christmas, Part Five

14th February 2022 Going Postal 0

Day 10 – Sunday 2nd January – At Sea I woke for a pee in the early hours, must have been the beer, and for the first time this cruise I could feel the ship [more…]

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Another Caribbean Christmas, Part Four

7th February 2022 Godfrey Bloom 0

Day 6 – Wednesday 29th December – St. Maarten Good morning from the beautiful tiny island of St. Maarten. I woke as we approached the port just as the sun was coming up, I think [more…]

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