Category Archives: Out and about

There is a fingerpost in the village of Shapwick that announces that High Ham is four and a half miles. The first time I noticed the sign, it seemed such an unlikely claim that I measured the distance from Shapwick … Continue reading →

On Monday, it will be the first day of May, a bank holiday Monday The last time May Day fell on  Monday, a trip to Glastonbury brought an encounter with a large crowd gathered to mark the pagan festival of … Continue reading →

‘Where are you from, sir?’ I have given up saying that I have lived thirty-six of the last forty years of my life in Ireland. ‘England,’ I said. ‘Where in England?’ ‘Somerset,’ I said. Except when I was back in … Continue reading →

Supper at the Podymore Inn gave the opportunity to read a reproduction of a 1791 history of the parish. PUDDIMORE-MILTON is a parish situated in a flat marshy country (whence the name) on the east side of the Fosse-road, two … Continue reading →

Before the days of the present National League, the top levels of non-league football were  the top divisions of the Southern, Northern and Isthmian Leagues. Yeovil Town played their matches in the Southern League Premier Division. The 1970s were a … Continue reading →