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November 16, 2013
Beggar’s Bridge
At the eastern edge of the village of Glaisdale (in Eskdale) is the single span of Beggar’s Bridge, built by Thomas Ferris in 1619. He was a poor man who hoped to wed the daughter of a wealthy local squire. … Continue reading →
November 11, 2013
Remembrance
Armistice Day – we forgot to stand still for two minutes at 11 oclock (the house had been invaded by queen wasps from under the floor – I was stung). My dad was wounded on the Somme and I try … Continue reading →
November 4, 2013
Travel Letters 1
This is 13 years old. I’ve been digging into old files and found this from the year 2000. Dear Friends, We have been in Australia for three nights after a flight across the Tasman Sea from Christchurch, New Zealand. In … Continue reading →
October 11, 2013
Herefordshire and Back
My b&b in Herefordshire last week. Five Hundred years old (I speculated on how many had come into the world, and left it, in my bedroom). Only my nose peeped out of the covers on the first night, but no-one … Continue reading →
October 9, 2013
Chillingham Wild Cattle
They have been isolated in a walled terrain for 800 years, the last of Europe’s wild forest cattle. One hundred and twenty live here today. The 1947 winter killed all except for twentysix. They have been through the eye of … Continue reading →
October 2, 2013
September 9, 2013
500 years ago this morning
Re-enactment Image, from iFlodden. 500 years ago, right now as I sit with an Earl Grey a few miles from Twyzell Bridge, Tom Fleck crossed this bridge in the rain. The bridge was just two years old in 1513. The … Continue reading →
September 5, 2013
Four days from September 9th.
From: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Flodde... Status Update By Flodden On this date 500 years ago ( F -4) The English army is now complete at Bolton near Powburn, some 18 miles from Flodden Hill . Surrey take stock of the situation and calls … Continue reading →
September 3, 2013
Six Days
Six days from the 500th anniversary of Flodden, Amazon world sales of ‘Tom Fleck’ are quickening. Four in three days. Will there be a call from MGM?
September 1, 2013
Change
The sky is empty Grey wind off the green North Sea The swallows have fled
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Stories, poems, art enamels, chapter 1 of Tom Fleck, and travels around Britain.
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