Royal Engineers | Going Postal

Address to Legion lunch 5th June 1994 at the Jameson Hotel

20th October 2019 Going Postal 0

-1.- Thanks for introduction. Originally suggested review of OVERLORD. Broad coverage of the operation is not feasible in a talk of this sort so I won’t attempt it, except to quote something that was said at [more…]

Ooh, Aarr, A Guide To Rough Vegetable Gardening

4th April 2020 0

It’s no secret that I inherited a large, rickety old greenhouse from an ex commercial grower who just happened to be my Father-in-Law. In the 12 years or so since I moved to Cumbria and [more...]
Tilda and the Witches 4.1

27th May 2018 0

ACT 4 SCENE 1 A Tavern in Hafnium, a Port City in the Country of Hedera, near the Border of Uraemia. Enter FELIX, TILDA, VULPECULA, VISCUS and JESSICA, with the LANDLORD of the Tavern. [more...]
The Unseen Path – Part Eighty Six

20th October 2018 0

Andy Bowson received the command and sprinted across the street, followed by the others. Visibility was returning, only the smoke billowing out from parts of the building giving them any cover from unseen gunmen that [more...]
The Wrong Way to Put Out a Fire

8th June 2018 0

When I left the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in 2015 I joined a shipping company operating out of Barrow-in-Furness. It was a very small outfit which specialised in carrying nuclear cargo between Europe, the US and [more...]
Postcard from Lille, Part 23

27th July 2019 0

I can’t understand why some people think that they have a right to a family. Children are a blessing and a lot of hard work. Old fools of my age are beginning to wonder about [more...]