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Tale of the river bank

Published: Sun, 08/20/17

Hi Getting settled in at last. I got back to Beverley on Wednesday night after a very slow drive from O ford. From then on I have just been sorting…

Rubber necks and hold ups

Published: Wed, 08/02/17

Hi In the past 10 days I have driven to East Yorkshire from Somerset three times. Nearly 600 miles in each round trip. People complain about the road…

Grave digger for a day

Published: Thu, 07/20/17

Hi I dug a grave on Monday, and the intended occupant isn’t even dead yet. One of my local clients has a 14 year old Labrador called Pollie and a…

Holding back the Wehrmacht single handed

Published: Wed, 07/12/17

Hi There is a story from WW2 about Private First Class Martin of the 325th Glider Infantry. In December 1944 in a remote region of the Ardennes forest…

Fast moving children

Published: Sun, 07/02/17

Hi Going to make this really quick, in a few minutes I need to be back on the sports field behind our house because I am helping to marshal the annual…

Happy (and sad) Baldersvaki

Published: Wed, 06/21/17

Hi I saw the sun rise yesterday, I found myself awake at about 0400hrs and could not get back to sleep. So, I went to the top of the Beeches, sat on…

Who needs a brain?

Published: Wed, 06/07/17

Hi I was listening to the recent book of the week on R4, Admissions, an account of a life in brain surgery by Henry Marsh. It was well worth listening…

My dubious evidence of mysterious creatures

Published: Wed, 05/24/17

Hi Ever looked at grainy pictures which supposedly show mysterious creatures such as bigfoot, sea monsters such as the Loch Ness beastie or objects…

The worst form of government except...

Published: Tue, 05/16/17

Hi There seems to have been a lot of democracy around recently, some of it bringing surprises too. In the UK the 2010 election which resulted in a…

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