Day 1 – Boscastle to Plymouth
Off to catch the Brittany Ferry, This is a drive we do a lot as we go to the Theatre Royal Plymouth to [...]
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EV to Italy 2024
So in April 2023 we bought an electric car, an MG 5 Trophy to be precise, having never had a hybrid or [...]
And the future is …
Well, this time next year my state pension will finally kick in, this has caused me to take stock of what I [...]
HM LST-427
On the 75th Anniversary of D-Day, here are some images and details of one of the landing craft that took part. [...]
50 Years a Programmer
Well, it is hard to imagine but it is 50 years ago, to the month, that I wrote my first computer program [...]
Remembering the sacrifices of WWI one hundred years on
This year’s poppy, the Somme 100 with the French cornflower and the purple poppy for animals lost in [...]
A Second Bead
A while back I designed a bead to hold some of Orlando’s ashes, I always had in mind to make some more [...]
Growing the Tonk Family
Clicquot and Orlando On Christmas Eve 2016, with the dinner in the oven (we eat Christmas dinner on Christmas [...]