Art is All Around

Fine but I am aware that not all of my regular watchers think this is art. To a certain extent I think it is where one draws the line. Scrawl is scrawl, but… Continue reading →

Some weeks I just feel like that

I don’t know what it is about puppets but they never seem terribly friendly to me. Some of them look terribly sinister. Even the innocuous Punch and Judy is really quite a terrible… Continue reading →

Snickels and Ginnels

Most people who go to York want to go and see the Minster, or they want to walk along the city walls (known locally as the Bar Walls). Children like to visit the… Continue reading →

Winners and Losers

Just the title for a day at the races. Plenty of potential winners among the horsese It would seem that the key to a successful day is careful planning There were those in… Continue reading →

Wells but not as you know it

What do you know – our second Bin There of the season. This time Wells in Somerset. I could not get over the lines of the interior of the Cathedral – from an… Continue reading →

Keeping pace with the pancakes

Shrove Tuesday – the day before the beginning of Lent is pancake Tuesday   Perhaps the oldest and most famous pancake race in the world is held each year at the small town… Continue reading →

They came, they looked, they plundered

That was the sort of general idea if you were a Viking. Last weekend Sheringham on the North Norfolk coast hosted a Viking Festival. The event has been staged for a number of… Continue reading →

Snowdrop Surprise

One of the advertised venues for snowdrops in Norfolk is Thorpe Market church. Meadows beyond the peaceful graveyard turn white with the small flowers in mid-February. The church conducts its morning service and… Continue reading →

Robin’s Takeaway

During the winter months we tend to feed the birds. It’s all a question of getting the right grub for the right birds. Some might even be described as posers Don’t for a… Continue reading →

Daunting can be more fun than going on line.

Natty title eh. It’s all about bookshops you see. It was suggested that during my last visit to London, I ought to go and have a look at Daunt Books. Their main outlet/headquarters… Continue reading →