Monthly Archives: March 2019

A stick of rock

Posted on 18th March 2019 by Ian

Do they have Weston-Super-Mare seaside rock? I must go down to the seafront some day and find out. It would be the proper stuff that I would want.  The tube shaped stuff with a pink coating and white inner with … Continue reading →

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Passing through Loxley

Posted on 16th March 2019 by Ian

Driving the A39 road from the top of Pedwell Hill to the foot of Puriton Hill takes you along the narrow ridge at the top of the Polden Hills. On either side, the land falls to low-lying moorland. Near a … Continue reading →

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Sir Galahad is a worry

Posted on 14th March 2019 by Ian

Galahad suffered a seizure today, one that lasted eight minutes and brought a rushed journey to the vet. It seems my sister’s white terrier has a canine form of epilepsy. Guinevere, Galahad’s companion, would be devastated if anything happened to … Continue reading →

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The internet means our town is a backwater no more

Posted on 12th March 2019 by Ian

“Oh, Langport, it’s a very nice place. It’s full of lovely shops.” My colleague’s comment was perfectly accurate, my home town is a very nice place and it is full of lovely shops, but it was not always thus. In … Continue reading →

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Mr Gardiner

Posted on 9th March 2019 by Ian

The return of cold and wet days mean it that it would have been unlikely that he would have passed down the road. On those strange few days in February when the temperature touched twenty degrees, it would have almost … Continue reading →

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