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Postcard From Oman

20th January 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

Bob? Remember when I told you despite all the tall tales of derring-do in exotic locations, I work in a supermarket and don’t actually have a passport? Tempted the fates. Something’s cropped up. The sort [more…]

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Postcard From Kiruna

29th December 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

Having been presented with the key to the door, my wilful 21-year-old self used the opportunity to close the lock tightly behind him and allow the trade winds to billow his sails north, all the [more…]

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Festive Postcard from Cirencester

23rd December 2023 Going Postal 0

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…]

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Whitby – that was – part two

20th December 2023 Going Postal 0

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…]

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A Postcard from Raglan Castle

16th December 2023 Going Postal 0

History of the castle Raglan Castle (or Castell Rhaglan if you speak Welsh) is situated to the north of the village of Raglan in the county of Monmouthshire. The site has been used a defensive [more…]

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Whitby – Fishing – Part One of what was

14th November 2023 Going Postal 0

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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Visit to a Ghost Town

17th October 2023 Going Postal 0

My wife and I have taken many holidays in the USA to visit friends and relatives and generally just to enjoy various aspects of American culture. When my wife was younger she had been employed [more…]

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Postcard From November, Part Six

25th May 2023 Going Postal 0

Happy Birthday to Me My birthday is November 4th and as a child my main memory of it was always of my parents laying on a party for my friends who all turned up bearing [more…]

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Postcard from Liverpool

17th May 2023 Going Postal 0

Mrs B and I are currently on a QM2 cruise to Liverpool and back to Southampton which occurred because of the cancellation of a transatlantic sailing after a fault was found in the funnel, of [more…]

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