Hobbies
Christmas Crossword 2020
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a copy of A Bear’s Diary by Tachybaptus. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last week’s winner of a [more…]
Hobbies
Arts
The Twelve Wines of Christmas
As requested by a fellow deplorable I am listing below some wines that I will be drinking over the festive period. I am no expert on wine but I know what I like as the [more…]
Arts
Christmas Singles
I live in a tiny rural community on the London/Kent border. The social life revolves around the local pub which draws its loyal customers from a wider area. In 2015 a couple of locals, Lester [more…]
Animals
Meet Phoenix the Egyptian Duprasi – Last Update
Thanks Going Postaliers, for these wonderful ‘photographic adaptations’ – I saved them after my first article on Phoenix in June – they are in her photo file and much appreciated. But I have to write [more…]
Hobbies
5. Shunting forward
We last left the challenge with the track due to arrive. JandJmodels.co.uk was closed due to lockdown, so having spare time, delivered the track in person. Peco had finally managed to manufacture a new set [more…]
Arts
Cnuteneering, Part Six
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…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Seventy Two
Monday Good day to you all, another weekend gone all too quickly. It was very cold this morning and there was even a heavy frost. Talking of that, Frosty was on an early Eurostar to [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 149
In the week that John le Carre passed away and the Zodiac killer’s code was cracked, today’s crossword clues use a code invented by a roman emperor to hide his communications from the masses… enjoy! [more…]
Animals
Wildfowling: Where it all began
This was harder to write than my previous two wildfowling articles because it’s not easy for me to clearly remember something that happened 25 years ago. I’ve never been one for recording stuff in a [more…]