Blog
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Rebuilding the pond: hard work over a number of days but a great lockdown opportunity!
I battled for three days to remove the bullrushes that almost completely obscured the pond, but it was worth it…

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It was late; we were huddled in a student flat in London and had no idea we were about to witness The Birth of Punk
In a bedsit in Fitzrovia, London, it was almost midnight and a revolution in music was about to take place…

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I ‘found’ my garden during Lockdown and sat in the front garden to draw attention to myself…
Lockdown gave me an opportunity to really go to town on my garden – and get some serious work done. Sun and fun – and exercise too!

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Let’s Knock Down Newton Abbot!
It is perhaps surprising how much demolition is required and how many road changes are needed just to build a supermarket. And did we really need it?

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Bus Station Demolition. Why don’t we rebuild it?
I have many memories of Newton Abbot bus station spread over some decades and, like many townspeople over a certain age I still regret its passing.

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Budapest Cafe Orchestra: a short story about getting to a gig (& church) on time
The Budapest Cafe Orchestra live, not in a cafe in Hungary but in a church in Kingskerswell!
