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Gardening In A Pandemic (Who’s Kidding WHO)

29th March 2021 Colin Cross 0

The “art” of growing vegetables isn’t all about the act itself. If it were, we’d all be doing it and shops (especially greengrocers) wouldn’t exist. As is probably apparent, I take a somewhat relaxed attitude [more…]

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Rough Gardening In A Pandemic. This Seasons Plan

9th March 2021 Colin Cross 0

There always has to be a plan.  Whether or not it’s a plan that will be carried through, that’s another matter, but plan this season there is. A large part of it is based on [more…]

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Rough Gardening In A Pandemic (Laying The Ground) RIP Norman

2nd March 2021 Colin Cross 0

It’s no secret that, by now, we’re all heartily pissed off with this whole Covid business. I could write a litany of woes, some deeply personal, some widely shared and others purely observational that would, [more…]

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After The Goldrush (an historical reprise)

23rd December 2020 Colin Cross 0

There was a band playing in my head And I felt like getting high I was thinking about what a friend had said I was hoping it was a lie 2021 started as many had [more…]

21st Century

After The Gold Rush

17th December 2020 Colin Cross 0

I dreamed I saw the silver spaceships Lying in the yellow haze of the sun There were children crying and colours flying All around the chosen ones All in a dream, all in a dream [more…]

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Protecting The NHS, Hepatitis C, Covid-19 and The Rest. A Personal Account

17th November 2020 Colin Cross 0

Sixty nine years ago, give or take a week or so, I was delivered into this world. My mother gave birth to me in what was then known as “the huts”, a collection of prefabricated [more…]

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Staycation; A Postcard From The Cairngorms (Part Two)

21st September 2020 Colin Cross 0

Following our trip on Loch Ness on the Tuesday we went into Inverness to eat and get a beer, the food (a reasonable enough burger) was passable and the beer was by Innis & Gunn, [more…]

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Staycation; A Postcard From The Cairngorms (Part One)

15th September 2020 Colin Cross 0

Having held out as long as we dare we eventually, and somewhat reluctantly, cancelled our planned return to the beautiful island of Zakynthos and set about looking for somewhere to visit a little closer to [more…]

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Adventure In Rough Gardening (The Good Bits)

31st August 2020 Colin Cross 0

After an extended hiatus, caused by any number of inconsequential (and not so inconsequential things), I’m back. Hussar, I hear you all cry. There’s a wonderful saying, originating, I think, from the USA; “When life [more…]

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