Human Interest

Postcard From Vilnius

14th May 2020 Novak and Goode 0

Background For the last 15 years I have been traveling to Central Europe each month on business. Many of my trips are to Lithuania and Poland, so I have decided to send a postcard from [more…]

I’m assuming you are only reading this because Swiss Bob has run out of: faggot and quiche recipes, and/or Old Trout’s maths questions, that bring back nightmares of my ‘A’ levels from longer ago than [more…]

Aging

10th May 2020 Going Postal 0

William Shakespeare lived for only 52 years, but in that time he managed to turn out plays that still speak to us today. I like the ‘Seven Ages of Man’ speech from As You Like [more…]

The Home Engineer, Part One

6th May 2020 Grimy Miner 0

Most men, and not a few women judging by the amount of lady machinists who have YouTube Channels, at some point or another in their lives yearn for a workshop. Now, there are a few, [more…]

A bird in a gilded cage

28th April 2020 Godfrey Bloom 0

My lockdown is idyllic, I am one of the most fortunate people in England at the moment. We have a smallholding in the East Riding of Yorkshire, close to the river Derwent which is the border between [more…]

Artwork In My Home – Part One

24th April 2020 El Cnutador 0

Finding myself with lots of spare time on my hands I thought it might be interesting for one or two Puffins on GP if I shared pictures of some of the artwork in my home. [more…]

Life In A Hungarian Village

21st April 2020 El Cnutador 0

Our village is situated in Vas County, the far west of Hungary close to the Austrian border and is surrounded by forest and agricultural land. Although we can see the Alps in the distance this [more…]

Life goes on – Phil the test manager

19th April 2020 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

This is my story of the passing away of my good lady wife. i just wanted to write it down. It has been written pretty much on a day by day basis, it is hard [more…]

A Retro Sausage Extravaganza

13th April 2020 El Cnutador 0

Another from my Mum’s collection of cut out and keep from the Woman’s Friend, back of a sauce packet or wherever she picked it up from. Takes about 25 minutes faffing, 45 minutes to cook. [more…]