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16th Century

Postcard From The Scottish Reformation

15th June 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

I have a strange sensation in my trousers while strolling Edinburgh’s Royal Mile arm in arm with Mrs AWS. Behave yourselves. Regular readers will be unsurprised to learn my work colleagues pay me not to [more…]

America

RMS Queen Mary 2

13th June 2024 Godfrey Bloom 0

My US literary agent asked me to cross the pond to boost the flagging sales of my book Magic of Banking, but I seem to have developed a flying phobia of late, as I get [more…]

20th Century

Desert Mysteries, Part Five

12th June 2024 Going Postal 0

The Royal Tank Museum In Part 4, I described the vehicles that belonged to the British and Arab “Special Forces” of WW1 and WW2 that are displayed in The Royal Tank Museum in Amman, Jordan. [more…]

Hobbies

Queen Ann Naming

10th June 2024 Going Postal 0

Some Puffins may be vaguely aware of Mrs A’s enthusiasm for cruising, and in the course of this has booked us a cruise on the spon-new Cunarder, Queen Ann. Unfortunately she was unable to book [more…]

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Postcard From The Royal Mile

8th June 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

Having exhausted Edinburgh’s King’s Gallery, myself and Mrs AWS spilled into the street and faced the caravan park, timeshares, swimming pool, shop and public lavatory complex opposite. Hold on a minute. On closer observation, the [more…]

20th Century

Desert Mysteries, Part Four

5th June 2024 Going Postal 0

The Royal Tank Museum Amman in Jordan is home to one of the best museums of its type in the world, The Royal Tank Museum. A project of the King of Jordan, Abdullah II, the [more…]

Hobbies

A trip to Albania, land of the Eagles – Part Two

4th June 2024 Going Postal 0

The family we stayed with were very hospitable, and as they were being paid something for the inconvenience of us staying there, I am sure we were very welcome!  B and I and our lovely [more…]

16th Century

Postcard From The King’s Gallery

1st June 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

On our day trip to Edinburgh, Mrs AWS and I de-trained on Waverley’s Platform 9 at 12:17 prompt. While a disappointing first-class breakfast rattled in our tums, we allowed ourselves to be swept out of [more…]

Hobbies

Classic Railway Journeys of a different kind

30th May 2024 Going Postal 0

As one or two of you may have noticed, I have recently passed a Notable Birthday milestone. (thanks to all who sent good wishes, BTW).  One pf the many prezzies received was  one from Mrs [more…]

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