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A View From (A Cathedral Miles Away From)The Greenhouse; Burt Opens Up!

27th October 2026 Colin Cross 0

Although a little reluctant to visit in the beginning, I found the installation of the sculpture “Museum Of The Moon” inside Carlisle Cathedral an interesting thing to visit. However, I found the Treasury Vault (housed [more…]

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A View From (The Town Closest To) The Greenhouse;

13th October 2026 Colin Cross 0

I decided, as is my occasional wont, to nip into town yesterday. I intended to do a bit of shopping, get a haircut and then spend a jovial hour or so in Spoons with my [more…]

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A View From (Just Inside) The Greenhouse; British Values….Innit?

29th September 2026 Colin Cross 0

The picture above, although the quality doesn’t really do it justice, is of a tomato plant (never, I hear you say). It bears a small oval(ish) fruit which turns from green to yellow which, to [more…]

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A View From (The Plot By) The Greenhouse; Unintended Consequence?

15th September 2026 Colin Cross 0

It’s getting near the end of the original planting of potatoes. The original idea was to do a second planting, in between the rows that had already been lifted, to (hopefully) provide fresh spuds into [more…]

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A View From (Inside) The Greenhouse; A Load Of Old Rhubarb

1st September 2026 Colin Cross 0

It happened again. There I was, minding my own business (trying to kill more white-fly, to be specific) when I heard an all too familiar thud on the glass. I was at the top end [more…]

15th Century

A View From (A Harbour Some Miles Away From) The Greenhouse; On “Northerner-Ness”

18th August 2026 Colin Cross 0

When I was at school, many moons ago now, history was something that was taught to us without the strictures surrounding Colonialism, White Supremacy, Racism and the usual “phobia”. When I discovered that a replica [more…]

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A View From (Just Outside) The Greenhouse; A Slice Of Life

4th August 2026 Colin Cross 0

Not being too knowledgeable where apiary is concerned, but also knowing that some bees do build their homes underground, both the head of the B&M department and myself assumed that the black and yellow stripey [more…]

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A View From (Just Outside) The Greenhouse; Birds Of A Feather

21st July 2026 Colin Cross 0

I’ve learned to kind of expect the unexpected where the greenhouse is concerned. There’s rarely a day goes by when there aren’t at least one or two (feathered) birds in there, struggling to find its [more…]

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A View From Inside T’Greenhouse; Hard And Far Right Flags….Innit?

7th July 2026 Colin Cross 0

A Proper Yawk Up © Colin Cross, Going Postal 2026[/caption] If there’s one certain way to ensure that the long awaited “summer” doesn’t last anywhere near as long as one might hope it would, it’s [more…]

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