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Time Flies

21st December 2022 SharpieType301 0

… for The Professor I’ve recently been working on a little project, to make a very personal (and I think appropriate) keepsake for my old boss, to mark the end of his many years loyally [more…]

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You’ve Been Framed

4th February 2021 SharpieType301 0

Well, my fine, feathered, Fraterculae friends, before you skip straight away to the comments which no-one ever reads, a little disclaimer. Despite the title, this piece is most definitely not connected to the brash, uncrowned [more…]

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Evolution of a Puffin

4th January 2021 SharpieType301 0

Towards the end of November in this crazily craptacular COVID-19-filled year, I had a chat about fishing flies in the comments no-one reads with a fellow Postaller. More to the point, a natter about whether [more…]

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1st June 2020 Sweaty Dave 0

It is a while since I’ve written anything on here, mainly through lack of anything worthy that would get anywhere near the quality of pieces we see every day on such a wide range of [more…]

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