Whilst engaged in conversation with Martin down at Whitethorn Farm, I spotted two potato boxes full of some vegetable crop adorned with huge dark green leaves. “That looks like a good crop of spinach,” says I. “Ah,” says Martin, “Nearly right. It is a kind of spinach, or even a perpetual spinach. But it’s got [...]
What is Jimmy Doherty on? For those of you who are not familiar with the name of Jimmy Doherty (I am thinking of our international readers in particular), I will just say that he is, amongst other things, a champion of rare breed pigs, particularly the Essex Saddleback, which he has brought back from the [...]
Having recovered from yesterday’s little mishap on breakfast timings, we felt relaxed enough in the afternoon to go for a walk. This was partly because it was such a lovely day, and partly because I personally feel the need to get in training for the non-stop jog from Saundersfoot to Tenby and back that we [...]
Well, it had to happen sooner or later of course – we forgot that it was the end of British Summer Time yesterday, so we didn’t alter the clocks last night. Such an oversight can cause consternation even on the normal domestic front, but in a B&B, where guests are relying on someone else to [...]
Casting my eye over what I wrote yesterday, I realise that you could be forgiven for thinking that I am a little harsh when it comes to our marvellous medical profession. I also realise, however, that there are few GPs around today that seem to possess the accurate diagnostic skills of the fictitious Dr Ellingham [...]
Examining my washbag yesterday, no doubt pondering on our recently introduced concept of an annual holiday, and looking forward to the next one – four days off in Saundersfoot in December – I concluded that putting the bag in with our next domestic wash would spruce it up a bit. So I emptied it in [...]
Friday is milk day, when I do my weekly excursion to the Forest of Dean to collect my crates of greentop from The Last of the Forest Dairymen. Although it is the one food shopping trip we do that is outside our self-imposed 10-mile radius, it is a lovely drive, particularly at this time of [...]
Our twice yearly visit to the Big Apple festival at Much Marcle was given an extra dimension today, because Ed, co-heir to the Elliott Millions, was exhibiting his work for sale. Ed has been mentioned in dispatches a few times, but I’m not sure if I have ever elaborated on his artistic skills. He graduated [...]
Thinking about yesterday’s comments regarding googlewhacks, I did spend a few moments wondering if there were any more phrases of that ilk lurking on our site. I thought of ‘sesquipedalian orotundity,’ feeling sure that I had written this in some diary entry somewhere. A quick investigation of the relevant file via the ‘find’ button revealed [...]
In an idle moment, I did a quick trawl through my bulging inbox, wondering why there are still thousands of emails stored there. Part of the answer lay in the fact that the earliest email in the box was dated 5th May 2003. However, in defence of that, I must add that the inbox also [...]