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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Ninety-Nine

5th October 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning, friends. A beautiful sunny autumn morning, but my, was it chilly when I ventured out. I’m getting more and more convinced that Legohead is either a moron, or he is doing everything [more…]

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Journeys Back in Time…

4th August 2025 SharpieType301 0

A sunny Sunday in July, and it turned into a pretty special day. In glorious summery weather, we got to ride on a couple of beautifully restored vintage seafront bus services running from just outside [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Eighty-Eight

20th July 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning all, it was very wet in London when I hurried down the garden this morning. I was delighted to find Felix Chicken in my bowl when I got back. I hear that [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred and Seventy Eight

27th April 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning, and it looks like today could be the last day of decent weather, with rain forecast for tomorrow morning. I was not surprised to see that Parliament was busy on Saturday, but [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Seventy-Four

30th March 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning, folks. It’s been raining overnight and is still dull and cold. Legohead is not very happy today—he has just seen the results of the latest MRP poll on the local election, and [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Sixty-One

8th December 2024 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning all, it was raining when I first woke up, but now I have had my Felix the sun is out and the sky is blue. Legohead had a ‘summit meeting’ in No. [more…]

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2,4,6,8 Motorway

13th September 2023 Going Postal 0

Back when motoring was fun…. Tom Robinson was singing this song about our road network to us back in the Seventies, when he wasn’t sharing his anthemic “Sing if you’re glad to be gay”. That [more…]

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Larry’s Diary – Week One Hundred and Seventy-Two

29th January 2023 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning everyone, and welcome to another week in the fun palace that is Westminster. My, didn’t it rain last night, I don’t know how many times the rain beating on the windows woke [more…]

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One Small Step for Man… Brindley and the Trent and Mersey Canal

16th September 2022 SharpieType301 0

In an earlier piece, I mentioned the Trent and Mersey Canal, with its company headquarters in Stone, hinting that its history and the political shenanigans behind its construction might be worth an article in its [more…]

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