Greetings. Again, apologies for the lack of updates in recent times, but things have been busy and conitue to be busy and frankly there’s not a lot of time to write.
Also, to both of my regular readers (Hi Dad!), some of the events recounted here will be familiar because you may have been there at the time. Read the rest of this entry »
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It’s only a couple of weeks old, so it’s probably harsh to try reviewing 2017 already, but I know there are a couple of things coming up I wanted to muse on, so here goes.
[tl:dr Reflections on stuff that’s coming up, a couple of name drops and a quick delve through recent events. Normal service continues sometime soonish.] Read the rest of this entry »
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On the advice of Brownhills Bob I took the tribe to see New Hall Mill this morning. What a fantastic piece of local industrial heritage! We saw the mill at work from grain to grind to flour, and eldest son won himself a pencil for spotting rats and solving the final anagram.
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We’re back from Greenbelt. The very same Greenbelt that was an utter washout last year was very dry this time. Here is the sky yesterday over Mainstage:
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My son and I took a crack at Scafell Pike yesterday. This is the story, with photos!
Wast Water from the hills leading to Scafell Pike
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My blog is connected to my Twitter account, to which I have granted WordPress access. It’s a simple way to announce new posts and garner interest from a wider audience, and it’s a simple matter for my followers to retweet the annoucnement. By this simple method of onward promotion, traffic has been generated for posts about forthcoming Walsall Social Media Surgery dates, and singing carols in pubs at Christmas. Read the rest of this entry »
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I’ve joined Bayard’s Colts. I play a folksy instrument, and I’m a resident of the fine Borough of Walsall, so it seemed only right.
Their (our) next production is The Alchemist and The Devil, a ripping yarn set in the noble Borough and starring the titular characters alongside Bayard, Sister Dora and Nell, the Tatman’s horse. Read the rest of this entry »
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A number of rather good things are in the offing. I am quite excited about many of them, and thought rather than write individual posts to be published over the next few days I’d share them all in brief and save the detail for later. Read the rest of this entry »
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So, it’s been a busy couple of days, but the trailer is finally roadworthy and ready to go. Read the rest of this entry »
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I’m ill. My cholesterol level is 6.4 (I assume mmol/l) and one of my liver functions came back very wrong. Read the rest of this entry »
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