According to the church you technically had to be alive for them to be read but Father O’Donnell was more than happy to bend the rules and turn back the clock 300 years. As he discussed his game plan, I watched an army parachutist presumably on practice drill, spiral down to the ground at the […]

An eyesore to behold, he faced similar issues as me in getting rid of it and must have grown bored and irritated of people gawking at the growth. Clearly someone had sympathised with his predicament as somewhere down the line he was passed the details of a white witch who lived up in the highlands […]

ĹUnbound.comhttp://www.valerieskeepers.com/north-indian-chicken-curry/School house durgan 18⁷8Freshwater 5 podcastPithyMS is a constant battle between the body and the mind. Normally the later is far more willing than the former The dawning of a different class The day was dank and gloomy. A cold North Easterly wind blew in from the direction of Wembley’s twin towers, barely a couple […]

I was at the Southend game on a very dank wet day, when Exeter City were consigned to the National League back in 2003. They would win one nil that Saturday in front of over 10k supporters who had jammed into St James Park (SJP), but it would end up being a very, hollow victory. […]

So, the main piece of news that grabbed my attention last month for once, wasn’t the weather. Of course, it has a part to play in this story, but a smaller news item from Victoria, Australia and the deadly aftermath of a family dinner party – supposedly involving a Beef Wellington and a duxelle of […]

Northumberland is the king of the wild frontier; a jewel in the crown; a place in England where nothing else can compare. From the seminal heights of Hadrians Wall with its uninterrupted views over the county – to its wild coastline dotted with castles, its a place I never grow bored of. I spent a […]

I’ve always loved swimming, especially in the sea. The temperatures in the English Channel can make it a bracing affair but the benefits would always leave me invigorated. My disability and disease has never offered me any real remission but swimming  offered a counter balance and a way to fight back both physically and mentally. […]

Without wanting to sound like a harbinger of doom as we approach the end of the year you could say the country and world is treading water. There’s a lot of political and economic turmoil up yonder and globally things seem just as uncertain. Inevitably, it has a knock on effect down here in our […]

Well I’m glad we’re finally coming out of winter as spring appears to beckoning. It’s great to see crocuses and daffodils beginning to shoot up and some colour returning to the land. I’m sure they’ll still be a twist in the tail with one final cold spell but it’ll be nice to wave goodbye to […]

Old Graveyards are fascinating places. They encourage contemplation, resonate a sense of calm and serenity and give off an aura of bygone eras, long past. All those weathered headstones and their occupants below are in many ways a biography of the community – Each one left a footprint, each one had a story to tell. […]