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An Ely M.P.
Every so often I will share tales, stories and anecdotes that have not made it into my script of Marsh Fen and Town South Lincolnshire...
Jul 6, 20242 min read
Marsh Fen & Town Sidebar - Otters.
It is possibly one of the indicators of a river's health is the thriving of an apex predator like the otter. In the 2020's the otter is...
Jul 3, 20242 min read
Marsh Fen & Town Sidebar - "Life of a Fenman"
Every so often I will share bits from my notes and research that did not make it into my book "Marsh Fen and Town South Lincolnshire and...
Jun 30, 20241 min read
Marsh Fen & Town Sidebar - An early guide to wildfowling techniques.
Every so often I will post bits from my research and notes that I referred to but did not make it into my book Marsh Fen and Town, South...
Jun 26, 20242 min read
Silver Wedding Anniversary
Your Royal Highnesses, Congratulations on your Silver Wedding Anniversary. My wife, Jo and I got married on the same day as yourselves in...
Jun 19, 20243 min read
Marsh Fen & Town Sidebar - Wildfowlers and Wildfowl in Verse
Every so often I will post bits from my research anf notes that did not make it into my book Marsh Fen and Town, South Lincolnshire and...
Jun 18, 20242 min read
Kenzie Thorpe - Boxer
Kenzie Thorpe is best known for his wildfowling, poaching, conservation and paintings. Much of his surviving notoriety is possibly the...
May 28, 20243 min read
Professor Benjamin Zephaniah - Come Back
On Saturday 26th September 2015 I wrote a letter to Benjamin Zephaniah. The previous evening he had delivered a lecture to Spalding...
Dec 8, 20232 min read
The Ghost of Burnopfield
The area around Burnopfield and the site of the old railway track is said to be haunted by a fearsome apparition with an "Eerie face with...
Oct 30, 20232 min read
Spalding's Butter Market
Down the side of Spalding's Civic Centre is a passageway called The Butter Market. Here is some of the history and the context in a...
Sep 16, 20237 min read
Freiston Shore – The Forgotten Resort of The Wash.
It is perhaps hard to imagine as you wind down the narrow roads approaching Freiston village and then a little further, two miles, to...
Sep 3, 202334 min read
HEATWAVE 1911
Heatwave, drought and wildfires ravage much of Europe and North America. There is talk of war with Russia. Concerns are voiced over UK...
Jul 30, 20233 min read
Wooden Dollars and Trade Tokens
You may have heard the phrase “wooden dollars” when referring to spurious values of such items as natural capital values. The term refers...
Jul 21, 20233 min read
Eider Ducks
The first time I saw eider ducks in the wild was in Amble Harbour, Northumberland about 15 years ago. December 2022 saw me move to Ambl...
Jun 12, 20232 min read
Alnmouth to Spalding
This is my third post about train rides and is about a journey om 19th December 2022. Christmas is approaching and I have just taken...
Jun 11, 20233 min read
"The Quiet Coach"
This is my second post about train journeys and is from my notes of 2018. Do you remember when train passengers spoke to each other?...
Jun 10, 20231 min read
"Leeds - Final Destination"
TRAIN RIDES – A DIARY ENTRY FROM 7TH DECEMBER 2017 Here I am on the 6.42 to Leeds on a windy December day. The train is quiet with low...
Jun 9, 20232 min read
Life Lessons Amelia
In the May 2019 Bank Holiday with my son Zak at Easton and Otley College in Norwich we decided to stay for a week in Stratford just south...
Jun 2, 20233 min read
The Things Children Say!
Here I illustrate some potentially disturbing things my children said when they were little!
Jun 1, 20232 min read
Memories of Spalding Tulip Parade
Today the 13th of May 2023 heralds the return of the Spalding Tulip Parade. I now live in Northumberland, where my tulips flower much...
May 13, 20236 min read
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