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Driving us round the twist

Thinking back over the past month or so, the one thing that has struck me about life in Britain has been the state of the roads. Or – to be precise about it – the amount of traffic on our roads and the consequent problems that gridlocks cause the general public. I travel every fortnight [...]

June 24, 2016 // 0 Comments

A fun reunion

Five decades ago – whilst incarcerated in the countryside at public school – my boarding house was joined for a single academic year by an American. In the intervening years we have exchanged occasion letters and latterly emails and last week, when he came to London briefly, we took the [...]

June 19, 2016 // 0 Comments

Hold on a minute, ladies!

Here’s another blast on the trumpet against ‘the monstruous [sic] regiment of women’ [origin, out of copyright by now, John Knox 1558]. At the risk of outing myself as am antediluvian male misogynist stuck in the 1950s, I couldn’t help noticing overnight two examples in the media that [...]

June 18, 2016 // 0 Comments

Wrapping up

I would like to initiate a debate – along the lines of the tv v attendance one – on whether it’s better to stay at home or take a British holiday. There are the variables of weather as in our week we only had one rainless day in seven. For all the beauty of Pridmouth Cove the [...]

June 18, 2016 // 0 Comments

Last day

Sod’s law that our last full day should be the finest weather-wise. Finally we had a day of warm sunshine and no lashing rain. We duly decamped to nearby Polkerris Beach, a delightful cove, and ate seafood al fresco overlooking the beach on the sands at Sam’s Bistro. We returned in time [...]

June 17, 2016 // 0 Comments

A La Colthard

I always appreciate being part of the Rust trip to Cornwall. My namesake is  a woman after my own heart who put her passions first!!  I’ve been put in charge of restaurants and here is my review of those visited: THE LUGGER This is pub in the centre of Fowey in which serves copious face. [...]

June 16, 2016 // 0 Comments

Beyond Menabilly

Finally we have weather dry enough to venture out of Pridmouth Cottage. It’s not exactly a burning summer’s day but at least it’s dry enough to take the coastal path to the Gribben. The Gribben is a red and white watchtower operating as a sea and landmark. Beacons were hung to [...]

June 15, 2016 // 0 Comments

Lost Gardens of Heligan

I was delighted when Melanie asked me to join her group at Menabilly. I have long suggested she make a Daphne du Maurier-themed tour with walks and talks. Indeed she could expand these to Thomas Hardy and Dorset, The Brontes and Yorkshire, Wordsworth and the Lake District and Lewis Carroll and [...]

June 14, 2016 // 0 Comments

Some things don’t feel fair

Many years ago – no, make that many decades ago – I used to be a lawyer before I moved on to other things. As a result, although I retain a working understanding of the basic principles involved in areas of the law that I formerly practised in, I am more than prepared to declare upfront that my [...]

June 14, 2016 // 0 Comments

Buddy road chat

Twice this week I have been a passenger on long car journeys largely spent in conversation with a friend who was the  driver. There is  something about a such a journey that is conducive to a deeper conversation. In both cases the journeys were blighted by traffic jams that put at least another [...]

June 11, 2016 // 0 Comments

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