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3. An Expedition To The Pole (ii)

By HarryC on Sun, 18 Jan 2026

"I'll tell you a story," he said. "About a time when I had my eyes opened. Did I ever mention to you that I really was a detective once?" I was...

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3. An Expedition To The Pole (i)

By HarryC on Sun, 18 Jan 2026

An evening at The North Pole was called for. For me, The Pole is the best pub around. Comfortably shabby, like your grandad's old Ford Escort, and...

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Waiting for Godot 2026

By HarryC on Sun, 11 Jan 2026

An absurdist tragi-comedy for the modern age, in two acts. (image: mine) ACT ONE A country road. A tree. Evening. Estragon, sitting on a low mound,...

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2. Small Town Sunday Walking Blues...

By HarryC on Tue, 06 Jan 2026

Down three flights, past doors through which I could hear TVs, music, shouting - the predictable backing track of domestic life. It seemed like all...

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This is an enthralling read

Posted on Thu, 19 Feb 2026

This is an enthralling read which, sadly, I've had to whizz through - but will come back to when I have more time later. First-person has always been my preferred mode, but I'm experimenting with more third-person narratives. Each has their...

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'She’s the last page torn

Posted on Wed, 18 Feb 2026

'She’s the last page torn from a book

That followed a journey the length of time

But she doesn’t know she’s there'

Wonderful images - and so evocative.

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'Canine Pup Resuscitation'

Posted on Tue, 17 Feb 2026

'Canine Pup Resuscitation'

Great story. Well-deserved gilded fruit!

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So did we! We never actually

Posted on Thu, 12 Feb 2026

So did we! We never actually booked anywhere - just took pot luck. And we were always lucky. I remember even in the early '80s, we went down to Devon for a holiday one year and managed to get a caravan on a farm site near Totnes with no trouble,...

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Yes... I can hear it now. And

Posted on Fri, 13 Feb 2026

Yes... I can hear it now. And I'm always making those jumps. Spotify killed the HMV Shop (though they're coming back!)

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I was living near Totnes in

Posted on Thu, 05 Feb 2026

I was living near Totnes in the '70s. I started work there when I was 15 - at Hill's Devon Cider, near Ashburton. Maybe you sampled our wares on one of those evenings. ...

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A period I remember well.

Posted on Thu, 05 Feb 2026

A period I remember well. First job, first wages, first taste of a different sort of music.

'the demise of the Lib-Lab pact and the Thatcher challenge' Oh yes. Can we ever forget?

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Ah, youth. Where does it go?

Posted on Thu, 05 Feb 2026

Ah, youth. Where does it go?

I'm still a hippy now, in my own way ...

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Another wonderful story!

Posted on Sat, 06 Oct 2018

Another wonderful story!

I wrote a book about those final few months I spent with mum - 'Gift' on here. I've never been remotely superstitious or religious. But I have come to believe in things like parallel universes and serendipity. I...

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When my mum was learning

Posted on Sun, 01 Feb 2026

When my mum was learning computing, I encouraged her to write down her childhood memories. She did it for a while, but then got disillusioned. 'They don't go anywhere. They're just memories.' Bless her, she thought she had to give them a plot to...