Gail says that if I am to take on the role of successor to the venerable Hamish, then I need to do some ‘pontificating’. According to the o...

Gosh it's been a busy few days. We had a visitor, Helen, up from London, and it fell to me (Gail having some work to do) to ensure she w...

It seems I have mystified some of my non-British readers with reference in my previous post to 'black pudding', one of our great nat...

Uncle Eric , you promised. You ABSOLUTELY promised! You promised, you promised, you promised, promised, PROMISED! Yes you did. Did, did, did...