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New Directions (31) UPDATED
Even though I was expecting it, the harsh sound of my American telephone setting startled me. ‘Bonsoir, Mon Lieutenant Peters.’ Addressing me by my...
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Walking the Dog on a Frosty Morning
The morning sun arrives under the radar. A hard taskmaster heartlessly pinpointing every single speck of dust in the house. Outside the light even...
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The Lonely Goose on The Durme
I was planning to write about this bird, the new IP seemed a good place for it. . . . pic taken by me
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New Directions (30) continued
As I walked back to the station I watched the cloud bank muscle in. By the time I reached the station it was after 4pm and getting prematurely dark,...
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New Directions (30) total rewrite
Short, but I hope explanatory
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I love Oak trees, Jenny
Posted on Sat, 12 Apr 2025
Coming from Kent myself I really appreciate this celebration of a wonderful tree
kind of compensates for so many that were lost it Kent in 1986 it was a terrible sight
Read full commentPosted in Mighty Ancient Oak
I thought the smallest city was Ely
Posted on Wed, 02 Apr 2025
I am pleased to know it's Wells one of my favourite places in the uk
the cathedral in Wells is truly amazing
gobsmacked is the only way I can describe how I felt when I entered it. I had a friend who sang in the choir.
Read full commentPosted in Hot Cross Buns and Fish and Chips
I’ll keep an eye out for the storks not sure when they arrive
Posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2025
Very few otters in Belgium at the mo about ten pairs I think all in the Antwerp region. A very detail study of the water system was done checking for pcb and mercury .... falling but still high so they will struggle to build numbers. There is...
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Thanks very much Di
Posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2025
Living near a river was a new experience when I came here (I grew up a few miles from the Thames but it kind of doesn't count since it was very polluted back then)
I find it relaxing walking the dog on the tow path or the unmade track on...
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Definitely the best of the bunch this week
Posted on Tue, 04 Mar 2025
Well deserved gold for this excellent thought provoking poem
I like cows and I've never been afraid to be in a field with them ...... until now :)
Read full commentPosted in Killed By Cows
you could put this to music, Rhia
Posted on Wed, 12 Mar 2025
I found myself singing along as I read it.
Very cheery!
Read full commentPosted in Spring-Shine!
Yes! The snowdrops are out here!
Posted on Fri, 21 Feb 2025
beautiful poem about the long wait for spring.
sorry to be a nit pick, but line 6 > maybe
well deserved gold
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Bike shed forays? not in our school
Posted on Fri, 21 Feb 2025
I went to a boy's school non-mixed. the only fiddling done in our bike sheds were with bikes and knackede our motorbikes if you were in the sixth;
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Hope lubricates the wheels of life
Posted on Thu, 06 Feb 2025
Keeping it moving on
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Hello David and Di
Posted on Tue, 28 Jan 2025
As you both say holocaust is not the same as what happened in Gaza, but it's in the same ballpark.
Regarding the situation in Gaza I find appalling but I get frustrated when criticms of Netenyhu's methods are wriiten off as anti semitism (...
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