Much has been documented, quite justifiably, about the major confrontations of the Civil War, 1642-1651. This article relates to a much lesser know event but one that nonetheless proved quite significant. What was meant to [more…]
Rule Britannia I had an urge to write something about “racism” and I want to reframe it to what it really is, “push-back”. “Push-back”, in my context, is where you’ve had enough of a behaviour [more…]
The best laid plans of mice and men. We’d sort of decided that, after an early night on Friday, we’d make a mid morning start on Saturday and try the Dovedale trail, possibly taking in [more…]
Finally, after six attempts, we managed to complete our long awaited balloon trip on Friday last. Another forty things to do at forty, combined with a special birthday present from the daughters to Mrs C. [more…]
On a mini-break to London some years ago, we decided to have a look round the Courtauld Gallery (in the old Somerset House, which used for decades to be the central registry of birth, marriages [more…]
Having written this over 6 months ago I have since realised from the comments I never read that many on GP are still wedded to the Greco-Latin version of history. It is ironic that the [more…]
People who have done the 3 peaks will know about the Sulber Nick feature between Ingleborough and Horton in Ribblesdale. Sulber is 2.5Km west of Horton. You can see an OS map of the area [more…]
One of the great things about deciding to do 40 things when you’ve been married 40 years but don’t set a time limit is that it becomes a moveable feast without any set order. As [more…]
Henley Royal Regatta (or Henley Regatta, its original name pre-dating Royal patronage) is a rowing event held annually on the River Thames by the town of Henley-on-Thames, England. It was established on 26 March 1839. It differs from the three other regattas rowed [more…]
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