Home again after three weeks looking after our two granddaughters, 6 and 10 years of age. We’re exhausted, as the younger one is like an Exocet missile – doing everything at top...
There is something very special about the first watch. We have our own parking area in the field above the Lookout, and this is a godsend. The field entrance is the only...
As we write here on this chilly but bright evening, summer is most definitely in the past for this year. The days are beautiful this week (the wind and rain last weekend...
The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir by Jennifer Ryan – Published in paperback by Borough Press (Harper Collins), 2018 Taking as its foundation the concept of the Mass Observation diaries kept by women during WWII,...
There are signs of autumn all around as leaves turn, daylight shortens, temperatures drop and wild creatures seek to fatten up ready to hibernate, migrate or mark out territory for mates. Already...
The Negotiator Starring Jon Hamm & Rosamund Pike Directed by Brad Anderson Caught in the crossfires of civil war, CIA operatives must send a former U.S. diplomat to negotiate for the life of a...
A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg – Published by Vintage Time to start stockpiling books for those cold A/W evenings or to think about buying gifts for Christmas? Or maybe that’s just me? When...
Stage:10 The British World War 1 Cemetery at Ham to La Crisolles and Noyon 28Kms/2hrs-20 mins/168 metres climbed. Le Manoir de Crisolles – Having reached my Grandfather’s War Cemetery I was given wonderful...
Stage:9 Pois-de-Picardie to The British World War 1 Cemetery at Ham near the banks of The River Somme – 103 Kms/7hrs-5mins/662metres climbed. The sign that I had been aiming for after cycling...