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The Navy Tot

22nd January 2025 Going Postal 0

My daughter kindly presented me with a bottle of rum “to remind me of my time in the Navy”.  It says quite clearly on the label that it is Pusser’s Rum and was the “original [more…]

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Bash 2025

13th January 2025 Swiss Bob 0

Time and place June 27th – June 29th 2025 at the The Gate Hangs High. Accommodation Many of us will be camping in one form or another at the GHH, there is a very large [more…]

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A (Re)View From The Greenhouse; That Was The Year That Were

7th January 2025 Colin Cross 0

Winter arrives in the northern hinterlands, with something of a vengeance, but enough of my snow shovelling tales. The greenhouse has (so far) managed to withstand the foot or so of accumulated snow loading. Grounds [more…]

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Publicans Win Diploma For Bar Etiquette

17th December 2024 Going Postal 0

One secret: No politics As fine a figure of an English landlord (he tips the scale at nearly 17 stones) as ever drew a pint of old-and-mild is Mr. Alfred Leslie Farrell, “mine host” of [more…]

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A View From (The Shed By) The Greenhouse; Scales Of Justice….Innit?

22nd October 2024 Colin Cross 0

It’s often quite surprising when you find something that you didn’t know was lost, as happened recently with this set of scales. I didn’t “rediscover” them myself, the buildings and maintenance department did, but we’re [more…]

T & B - Tonic and Bitters.
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Non-Alcoholic Pub Drinks

15th October 2024 NeverUpToTheJob 0

Let’s start with an apology. The title of this article alone will be enough to provoke a sudden and dangerous rise in blood pressure amongst many readers, and for that I am extremely sorry, but [more…]

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

17th September 2024 Colin Cross 0

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 nice drop of Portuguese red…

17th June 2024 Going Postal 0

For years we’ve enjoyed our annual holidays in Portugal and I have acquired a “taste” for the local red  wine which is not a particularly great seller in the UK. I thought that I’d write [more…]

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A View From The Greenhouse; Fear & Loathing In Dumfries & Galloway, Hate Crimes….Innit?

2nd April 2024 Colin Cross 0

It was great to meet up with old friends and meet some new ones at the “Northern” get together. The more intrepid amongst the august gathering braved a short, if wet, walk down (and back [more…]

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