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Postcard from Lille, Part 48

25th January 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

For a recap of the story so far, please click here. We’re plodding around Lille on a cold Sunday afternoon at the end of November 2018. There are six of us in a wedge. Five [more…]

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP 4th anniversary mug!. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last week’s winner. 101 – Rick. Answers with [more…]

Cruising at Christmas (and the New Year) – Part 2

24th January 2020 Going Postal 0

Thursday – St Vincent and the Grenadines (Boxing Day) I woke just as we were docking, no mad rush to get moving as I was on an afternoon trip. However I was peckish so I [more…]

Postcard from Piercebridge

20th January 2020 Going Postal 0

A few miles south of Legs Cross Bank, Dere Street crosses the River Tees at a place called Piercebridge, the Roman Morbium. Although no more than a village it is still regarded as a town [more…]

From a Sum to a Product

20th January 2020 OldTrout 0

In The Basel Problem we saw that Euler answered the question by showing that the sum of the reciprocals of the square numbers is equal to . That is The partial sums slowly converge to [more…]

Postcard from Lille, Part 47

18th January 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

For a recap of the story so far, please click here. For some reason, Sister thought that things were, ‘Pretty shitty’. She’d just met the Pope, was flying first class and was eating a delicious [more…]

Crossword No. 101

18th January 2020 Going Postal 0

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP 4th anniversary mug!. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last week’s winner. 100 – Captain Black. Answers [more…]

Cruising at Christmas (and the New Year) – Part 1

17th January 2020 Going Postal 0

Pre Cruise I have been on a number of cruises on a number of different cruise lines but this is my first Christmas Cruise so I thought I might document it. Some time ago my [more…]

Shunting dusted off

13th January 2020 Sweaty Dave 0

Christmas is always a time that makes me nostalgic, harking back to the time when you looked forwards to presents that didn’t induce a hangover or keep your feet warm. It’s also a time when, [more…]