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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Eighty-Eight

20th July 2025 Going Postal 2157 Comments

Monday Good morning all, it was very wet in London when I hurried down the garden this morning. I was delighted to find Felix Chicken in my bowl when I got back. I hear that [more…]

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West Country Rides, Five

15th July 2025 Joe Slater 2643 Comments

It takes a week to cycle from Penzance to Berwick. It took me 40 years. Because on the way, I wanted to include every town in England, in what amounted to some two years of [more…]

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Cruising to the Canaries – Part Two

14th July 2025 Going Postal 2246 Comments

Day 5 – Wednesday, Funchal, Madeira I awoke just after six; it was still dark, so turned over and went back to sleep for another forty minutes. This time it was grey and grotty, and [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Eighty-Seven

13th July 2025 Going Postal 2470 Comments

Monday Good morning all, the cat is back! I have had a lovely couple of weeks off and the weather has been pretty good. I have spent lots of time out on my favourite windowsill [more…]

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Playing With Electricity – Part 4

9th July 2025 Doc Mike Finnley 2117 Comments

Damn You Morus Nigra! ‘John Swerved as Mary, Queen of Scots, was busy with her throne but it wouldn’t flush so her face turned to stone when Jane put her hand on John’s gear stick [more…]

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A (Burts’ Eye)View From The Greenhouse; What’s Anglo-futurism, When It’s All At Home?

8th July 2025 Colin Cross 2088 Comments

It’s an easy mistake to make, Burt and I (although, TBF, Burt’s a few inches taller than I am) are easily confused when viewed from the rear, bending down (as it were). Any road up, [more…]

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Digitising Old Cine Films

7th July 2025 NeverUpToTheJob 1988 Comments

Having modernised and saved the old family photos and audio recordings for ‘posterity’ by converting them to digital format, attention turned to the family cine films, shot in the 1960s and early 1970s: 24 reels [more…]

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Cruising to the Canaries – Part One

6th July 2025 Going Postal 2056 Comments

Day One – Saturday As I have made the Baltic level of the P&O Peninsula Club, I have a few perks on this holiday, one of which is an early boarding time. Today I am [more…]

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Sir Joseph Whitworth and the Confederate Sniper

2nd July 2025 Tom Pudding 2596 Comments

Introduction In March 2024 I purchased a first generation, Birmingham-made Parker-Hale replica of a Whitworth military pattern muzzle-loading rifle of the late 1850s. These iconic rifles gained legendary status following their use in the American [more…]

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