Category Archives: Out and about

Suffering asthma severe enough to be dispatched from my Somerset home to the pure air of Dartmoor, I remember days on the moor when the outside world could have ceased to exist, the snow was so deep, Then the winter … Continue reading →

Tot the south, the parish boundary of High Ham extends to the lowland beyond Picts Hill, to the north it stretches across the moor towards Pedwell. The King’s Sedgemoor Drain begins, on the moor to the north, below Ham Hill, … Continue reading →

Growing up in sight of Glastonbury Tor. I lived for three years in Newtownards, Co Down near where to Louis MacNiece’s mother was buried at Carrowdore. I took services in the church to which is attached the graveyard in which … Continue reading →

News that more than half of the Church of England’s churches are closed during the lockdown barely registered among those whom I know, the church is far removed from their lives. It’s not that they are against religion, more that … Continue reading →

A single memory of the place lingers from childhood, standing with my mother on the platform as a steam locomotive pulling carriages came into the station. Neither of Langport stations survived the Beeching axe, so it must have been in … Continue reading →