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

11th April 2020 Colin Cross 2954 Comments

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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Larry’s Diary Week Thirty Three

5th April 2020 Going Postal 3501 Comments

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…]

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Postcard from Lille Part 58

4th April 2020 Always Worth Saying 3814 Comments

I’m sitting at the edge of a thinning of the rainforest. My two tail-end Charlies are squatted beside me having just returned from an evening recce. Our other companions are making camp for the night, [more…]

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Ooh, Aarr, A Guide To Rough Vegetable Gardening

4th April 2020 Colin Cross 2604 Comments

It’s no secret that I inherited a large, rickety old greenhouse from an ex commercial grower who just happened to be my Father-in-Law. In the 12 years or so since I moved to Cumbria and [more…]

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Larry’s Diary Week Thirty Two

29th March 2020 Going Postal 6193 Comments

Monday A good Monday morning to you all. That was a quick weekend, it seems like only yesterday I was dictating my last diary entry. As usual it was breakfast with the gang, me keeping [more…]

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Postcard from Lille Part 57

28th March 2020 Always Worth Saying 3856 Comments

A funny thing happened on the way to Lille university. Funny for the rest of us but not so funny for my wife. She got stuck in the Metro’s automatic doors. They closed on her [more…]

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Larry’s Diary Week Thirty One

22nd March 2020 Going Postal 3905 Comments

Monday Good Morning everyone and welcome to another week’s doings in the wonderful world of Westminster. It’s a wet morning in London today with some hail. That’s better than up north where there is a [more…]

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Postcard from Lille Part 56

21st March 2020 Always Worth Saying 4826 Comments

Before I start, Gisele is a flowery writer and is prone to exaggeration. Aren’t we all? She is also prone to acting on those exaggerations, therefore we must take what she says seriously. Plus, across [more…]

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Worst first day

20th March 2020 Going Postal 5417 Comments

Firstly JGM2 this was going to be a reply to you but upon its length I decided to submit it for an article: I got a new job as a van driver, large firm based [more…]

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