Hobbies

Sailing my life away, part 22

31st August 2021 Ancient Mariner 0

COMMENTS ON PART 21 AND YARNS ENSUING FROM THEM I really enjoyed the comments on part 21 and it seems invidious to single out just a few. However, I must apologise to both Wattylers wife [more…]

Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Eight

29th August 2021 Going Postal 0

Monday Morning all. The last day of the Test match today so I expect it to rain even if it’s not forecast. Bozzie has got one of his Cobra meetings this morning, this one is [more…]

Crossword No. 185

28th August 2021 Going Postal 0

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a choice of GP authored book. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of Crossword 184 and a GP [more…]

Growing In A Pandemic; Highs & Lows, Reflections

24th August 2021 Colin Cross 0

It’s getting to the time of year in the greenhouse where the majority of the grunt work is done, a time when I can sit back, enjoy the fruits of my haphazard “rough” labour and [more…]

In the early ’90’s I lived in Erdington in Birmingham. I had a nice house, a spacious Victorian terrace with Minton Tiles and other original features, downstairs bath and WC, 3B, GFCH, DG, VGC, NS, [more…]

A truly cracking Biryani

23rd August 2021 Rookwood 0

We are fortunate at chez Rookwood to offer our guests a wide variety of cuisine, everything from Scottish and English to Italian, French, German, Chinese and Indian. The latter is a bit of a misnomer [more…]

Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Seven

22nd August 2021 Going Postal 0

Monday Morning all. I woke up to thunder and torrential rain this morning but it must have been a passing heavy shower because by the time I had a good stretch, a scratch and stuck [more…]

Crossword No. 184

21st August 2021 Going Postal 0

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a choice of GP authored book. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of Crossword 183 and a GP [more…]

Travels of the Unvaxxed – or how we had a Med summer holiday

18th August 2021 Sweaty Dave 0

You don’t need me to tell you that the last two years have been unprecedented. Our normal routines disrupted, jobs destroyed, way of life and freedoms removed all in the name of a bug. While [more…]