Grumpliciousness
Grumpliciousness
I’ve loved playing the guitar for nearly 50 years now. It was the one thing that grabbed my attention during my ‘formative’ years.’ Never sure why they call it your formative years, I never really formed anything and thinking back,…
Chim cheroo, I finally have my chiminea up and running. I wrote not long ago about getting myself a chiminea, but first I needed to sort out the garden. It’s not a very big space and most of it is…
This isn’t a story based on Mr Orwell’s famous book, Animal Farm. It’s about the trip out we made when we took the Grandchildren to a small breeds farm and owl centre in lovely Herefordshire. Easter school holidays and we…
By Trev
There’s a story behind why there are no flies on me. It is all to do with fishing and I know I have said before, that I am not a lover of fishing. My Dad was a keen fisherman and…
These boots were made for working and they certainly did that. Who knew that throwing an old pair of worn-out working boots could be so emotionally challenging? It was like saying goodbye to an old friend and in many ways,…
Every morning after I have started my day, showered, made a cup of tea, set the fire if it’s cold, is to sit down and watch a short video called ‘This Killer Boogie‘ by Rock That Swing. I’ve become obsessed…
By Trev
Chim chiminea chim chiminea, chim chim cheree……. I would very much like a chiminea for the garden. As the weather is turning more Spring-like every day, I have started working in the garden again. We haven’t got a big garden…
How do you save a Crocodile attack? In my never-ending quest for unusual useful information, I came upon an argument over how to survive being attacked by a Crocodile or Alligator. I’m in the fortunate position that hopefully, I will…
We’ve all been there, concentrating on the driving, staying alert to what’s going on around us and focus on the bollard! What? Focus on the bollard? Look at the photo above and you’ll see the Ford Focus well and truly…
By Trev
What were they thinking back then? Knit and let die as posed by the future James Bond. I can understand Roger Moore taking up the offer of advertising revenue at the time as he was obviously a young, struggling actor….
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