My loyal reader may well remember the buildings and maintenance department, at my request, taking the big saw to the plum tree, which at the time was riddled with canker, if an attempt to encourage [more…]
It’s standard practice when a making a complaint that one: articulates the complaint to the appropriate person in writing says what would resolve the complaint i.e. what you want them to do Why should it [more…]
Recently I had to drop Master Reggie off at the Bristol Royal Infirmary for a hospital appointment and had a couple of hours to kill so I decided to revisit some places I hadn’t been [more…]
‘The Shortest History of England’ by James Hawes is not too short and tops the scales at 272 pages. A bright chap, the 64-year-old writer graduated in German from Hertford College, Oxford, and studied for [more…]
I suppose the best way to start this article is to say it has almost nothing to do with St Agnes, the patron saint of girls, although rather weirdly I am unintentionally writing it on [more…]
Finding ourselves at a loose end a few weeks ago Mrs Reggie and I decided it was time for us to have a day trip to somewhere we haven’t been to previously. Tewkesbury is less [more…]
For many years, Mrs. 10210 and I would head to London for a long weekend in December. However we had become fed up with the hustle and bustle as well as the feeling of being [more…]
It always pleases me to know that Whitby comes from an Old Norse word: Hwitebi, which means ‘white settlement’. The name Whitby came into use around the 12th century, prior to that it is recorded [more…]
Whitby situated on the East Coast of Yorkshire is known throughout the world, the natural harbour has always been a port of refuge during bad weather. Fishing was the original mainstay with boats known as [more…]
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