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Larry’s Diary, Week Ninety Two

9th May 2021 Going Postal 0

Monday Morning everyone, another nice sunny morning, but a bit windy. It ruffled my fur when I went out before my Felix. I forgot to mention that one day last week something went wrong with [more…]

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Book Review: Patrick Leigh-Fermor’s A Time of Gifts Trilogy

9th May 2021 1642again 0

Frequenters of Going Postal, being a generally knowledgeable lot, may well have heard of Patrick Leigh Fermor and, if not, will probably be familiar with the war film ‘Ill Met by Moonlight’ (starring Dirk Bogarde) [more…]

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Crossword No. 169

8th May 2021 Going Postal 0

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of Crossword 168 and a GP mug Audrey’s Daughter [more…]

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Postcard from Romania – Part One

5th May 2021 SharpieType301 0

Almost the first question we are asked whenever we mention that we’ve visited Romania on several occasions is ‘why on earth would you want to go there’? That’s often followed by ‘isn’t it really poor [more…]

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Gardening In A Pandemic (A Seaside Break)

4th May 2021 Colin Cross 0

Everything in the garden being as rosy as it could be for the time of year, and our glorious leaders deigning to allow us the limited freedom to widen our small horizons, we decided we [more…]

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Springtime For Reggie

3rd May 2021 Going Postal 0

Spring has arrived at Reggie Towers once more. I thought I would share a few pictures taken recently as I know how much some of you like to see flowers and plants growing. Also, you [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week Ninety One

2nd May 2021 Going Postal 0

Monday Morning everyone, another sunny one, is summer coming? Bozzie was having a right old moan this morning about having to go on a trip, supporting business, to India. He clearly didn’t fancy going and [more…]

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Crossword No. 168

1st May 2021 Going Postal 0

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of Crossword 167 and a GP mug b-bob (Do [more…]

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Cnuteneering, Part Fifteen

29th April 2021 El Cnutador 0

Welcome back to Cnuteneering, where the possible is made more difficult by bone headed ignorance, overenthusiasm and pointy metal things being brought together. You may want to refresh your memory on the project in: Part [more…]

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