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A new virtual home

It was May 2006 when I first wrote anything for this blog and for the last couple of years I’ve added to it fairly regularly  but I’m finding these days that it’s only for the week and a half out of … Continue reading

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Ten Miles of London

Yesterday I found myself back in London, with a plan to wander about looking for more of the painted elephants that are currently making an appearance around the capital. Unfortunately, I am this trip, without my map, but I’ve done … Continue reading

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Walking to Chippenham

Yesterday the weather was glorious – today’s much the same and I must be getting out into it soon. As you’ve no doubt noticed, I rather enjoy a wee walk out by the Black Dog Halt to absorb a bit … Continue reading

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Butterfly on the Black Dog

   Spotted this little brown butterfly on a walk round the black Dog Halt this afternoon. It was very happy to sit and have it’s photo taken but I’ve no idea what sort it is – a quick surf on … Continue reading

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Elephants, democracy in action and morris again

Good grief, it takes a long time levering photos out of the old Kodak instamatic and squashing them down to a suitable size for posting on the internet. This morning’s weather has been quite encouraging by being generally miserable. I … Continue reading

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On the Trail of Five Red herrings

I would have to start this by saying that the title here is a little misleading, for indeed to do to follow the trail of the Five Red Herrings properly I would need a car of some description, preferably a … Continue reading

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The rotten borough of Wootton Bassett and other travels

Today’s excursion involved a short bus journey on the No 55 bus, but getting to this point hasn’t been so straight forward, for just as I was about to come home from work a week ago last Thursday, Iceland had … Continue reading

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Notes on the Journey North

North is a bit off a simplification because I set of from Kes on Saturday in an Easterly direction before going North, then South, then North again, West, East, North by North West and then up a bit and a … Continue reading

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Caer Abiri ac Powys

This time round my time off has had a slightly different shape than it has off late because Kes has been having a birthday – don’t ask, I’m not telling – so it was down to Wiltshire from the boat … Continue reading

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