Category Archives: Out and about

Upton.  It is a hamlet that once had a railway station.  Long Sutton and Pitney, the station was called.  It was convenient to neither village and there were probably travellers who were less than happy to find themselves 2-3 miles … Continue reading →

It is the fifth week of the school holidays for Irish secondary schools, depending on the school in which one teaches, there now remain six or seven weeks. To be honest, a return to the routine and laughter of a … Continue reading →

Walking with  my sister and her dogs along Aller Drove on Sedgemoor, a hissing noise told us we were drawing too close to swans and cygnets. ‘Did I tell you the tale of the swan and the taxidermist? My sister … Continue reading →

The notices advise of road closures in two weeks’ time, the tens of thousands heading to the pop festival at Pilton will cram the routes It is 45 years since I attended the Glastonbury festival.  The attendance was 12,000, a … Continue reading →

‘Risk of road flooding’ declared the black letters on a bright yellow sign. The persistent rainfall would undoubtedly top-up the already filled ditches and rhines that criss-cross the landscape of the Somerset Levels. It is hard to imagine how the … Continue reading →