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A View From (Inside) The Greenhouse; Merry Eid (By Gum) And A Happy Ramalama-Dingdong

1st April 2025 Colin Cross 0

Following the last “storm” and the subsequent damage, the path alongside the main growing area had turned into a bit of mud-swamp. This was unavoidable, due to Buildings and Maintenance trekking up and down it, [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Seventy-Four

30th March 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning, folks. It’s been raining overnight and is still dull and cold. Legohead is not very happy today—he has just seen the results of the latest MRP poll on the local election, and [more…]

20th Century

Desert Mystery: “Letters from a Feldgrau”, Part Five

26th March 2025 Going Postal 0

In Part 4, I recounted how Hans Coutandin had been recovering from his head wound in the Reserve Military Hospital in Lörrach, Germany, had been told that he was to be released and had seen [more…]

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The Rookwood guide to culinary excellence

25th March 2025 Rookwood 0

I don’t know what it is – genetics, environment or culture, but I have always enjoyed cooking and entertaining friends and family. There is nothing as pleasurable or important in my book as blessing guests [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Seventy-Three

23rd March 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning, folks, and it’s not as nice as yesterday here in London. The last two days have been beautiful here in Westminster, warm and sunny, real windowsill weather. It’s still warm here this [more…]

20th Century

Return To The Jernbanemysterium, Part Three

22nd March 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

Let’s cut to the quick and get down to brass tacks. Or rather cut to a railway line on the icy wastes of central Norway and investigate a strange trackside anomaly only visible to sharp-eyed [more…]

20th Century

Desert Mystery: “Letters from a Feldgrau”, Part Four

19th March 2025 Going Postal 0

In Part 3, I recounted how Hans Coutandin, in his letters to his girlfriend Eva Möller, wrote that he had been to Wilna in Poland, then Minsk in Byelorussia, had then been wounded in the [more…]

Diary

A View From (Above) The Greenhouse; An Open Letter….

18th March 2025 Colin Cross 0

Before we get into the progress (or otherwise) happening at the small oasis of calm and solitude that is the old greenhouse and the recently constructed raised beds, how about a little “who used which [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Seventy-Two

16th March 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning, folks, and I’m ready to go into another week of my waffle. It’s been a lovely sunny weekend and even quite warm in the sun, but it was very frosty this morning. [more…]

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