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Larry’s Diary Week Thirty Four

12th April 2020 Going Postal 0

Monday Good day readers. It’s Monday again and it looks like it’s going to be another busy week from the mutterings I tuned into over breakfast. Bozzie is holding another one of those Cobra meetings [more…]

Gardening

Ooh, Aarr, A Guide To Rough Vegetable Gardening, Part 2

11th April 2020 Colin Cross 0

Alongside the onerous but rewarding task of preparing the ground for planting there are other jobs requiring the rough gardeners attention before the season gets into full swing. Being a Yorkshire man by birth, if [more…]

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Crossword No. 113

11th April 2020 Going Postal 0

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug and keyring! Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last week’s winners. tbd. Answers with next week’s [more…]

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D’ye laike dags?

10th April 2020 El Cnutador 0

The politicians lick our bones, The tacticians, hearts of stone They turn us against our brothers Make us fight and kill each other Locked in lust we put our trust in dogs – Motorhead, “Dogs”. [more…]

Fishing

Goin’ fishing

8th April 2020 Going Postal 0

Want to go fishing? OK be down at the harbour for 1.30 a.m. we’ll have got the 1 am forecast, fuelled up, did that before we tied up yesterday, wife organised two tons of ice [more…]

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Collecting Paintings

7th April 2020 Going Postal 0

In case the subject is off-putting, it may assist if I give a brief history of my own collection. It became a hobby of middle age. I had very little knowledge of the subject and [more…]

Arts

Postcard from the Past: Ailsa Craig

6th April 2020 Going Postal 0

Most people will be familiar with Ailsa Craig as the big rock on the horizon during the ferry journey between Loch Ryan in Galloway and Ulster.  It stands as a sentinel at the seaward end [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary Week Thirty Three

5th April 2020 Going Postal 0

Monday Morning all, welcome to another week’s happenings in Westminster from your favourite cat Diarist (I have to big myself up, no one else will). A story this morning proves that some people never learn. [more…]

Arts

My Garden

5th April 2020 Going Postal 0

Spring is well and truly here and the garden in Reggie Towers is starting to come to life and looking rather splendid. Here are some pictures for you to look at whilst you while away [more…]

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