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Postcard From Northumbria, Part Two

26th November 2025 Going Postal 0

The second half of our trip into Northumberland started with a drive into the countryside to the village of Heatherslaw which is the home of the furthest north narrow-gauge steam railway in England. The Heatherslaw [more…]

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Postcard From Northumberland, Part One

19th November 2025 Going Postal 0

Some time back, Mrs JT decided we needed another break and arranged to rent a remote holiday let in Northumberland. I have been suffering from a chronic chest infection for most of the year but [more…]

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Control freakery

18th August 2025 well_chuffed 0

When I worked in Kuwait we were joined by three Polish programmers. Two really were programmers, the third was there to keep an eye on the other two. He was expected to work as a [more…]

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Intrigue at The Parsonage

16th August 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

This humble author takes no pleasure in relating to Puffins the following tragic tale from the history of his own Debatable Lands, unearthed while researching his family tree. In the never-ending side-shifting quicksands of genealogical [more…]

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Retaining a Semblance of Sanity in the Asylum

21st November 2022 Emile Woolf 0

Every time I start this essay I find the political background has shifted so dramatically that I have to start again. Only Ollie’s complaint to Stan seems to be an apt constant: “another fine mess [more…]

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Kamala Harris Missing in Action

10th April 2021 Fred Brownbill 0

Since the insanity of the destructive Biden Administration cheated its way into the White House, there have been noticeable, terrible ruinous changes in our beloved country. There are so many changes from their destructive Middle [more…]

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AWS, News at Ten, in Church

22nd September 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

Dong! Puffin reads in church. Dong! Puffin makes a mess of it. Dong! Puffin advised not to look at the comments. As the rules for such things changed yet again, and as such a thing [more…]

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