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Fortune and prowess - the Cinque Ports

My silence has been somewhat protracted but not intentional - matters of living just got in the way and in part the habit of sharing was...

Tree

If one thought about it, you would very quickly be able to identify a favourite tree. There will be myriad reasons why your favourite is...

Brownies...

Today's offering is from as guest blogger - Charlie is coming up 13 and we have been working together on his writing over the past few...

"Men read maps better than women ..."

I love maps - a book of maps charting the changes in boundaries across the world fascinated me from a young age as the shapes on the maps...

Boil it up...

So the panic is on... What if your Christmas cake is sat in a lorry at Dover, Calais or Boulogne? Unlikely I know but at least it's...

Araucaria araucana

As I sit here on a very wet afternoon Everton FC sit at the top of the English Premier League and that thought sends me back to Basildon,...

Autumn Leaves

I think autumn is my favourite season. Summer is great but I always have the feeling that it is more transitory than the other seasons -...

"A shower of spray and we're away!

During a recent conversation that flowed all over the place my friend mentioned a group of children who had been rescued from camps in...

The Witch's Hat

It has been a strange week here. Two long trips by road – one to celebrate a significant family birthday (suitably distanced and outside...

The tip of the spear

Portsmouth, more specifically Southsea, was my home and place of work for 14 years, arriving at the start of the new millenium and living...

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