Monthly Archives: October 2011

Leigh Gothic

Posted on October 31, 2011 by

Do not mock the dead, this night of all nights.  The gravestones may read ‘at rest’ but wander between them beneath this haunting moon and you’ll find no rest.  For the dead of St Mary’s lie uneasy on All Souls … Continue reading →

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There’ll Always Be Paris

Posted on October 24, 2011 by

In the last few months I’ve been to a few European cities; Amsterdam, Stockholm, Cologne, Krakow Paris, and of course London, and of the six I think that Paris is the only one I can imagine myself living in. I … Continue reading →

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Le Maître Boulanger

Posted on October 21, 2011 by

Late last month I caught the Eurostar to Paris to interview Professor Steve Kaplan.  The memorable morning we spent wandering around the city deserves a post of its own.  Watch this space. However before I left the city Steve insisted … Continue reading →

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A Wealden October

Posted on October 20, 2011 by

I know it’s gratuitous but I couldn’t resist adding some more pictures.  I woke hideously early this morning and when the dawn eventually broke the sun bathed everything it fell on the in most beautiful honey coloured light. So when … Continue reading →

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The 100 Aker Wood Revisited

Posted on October 9, 2011 by

I never visited the 100 Aker Wood when I was growing up.  I’m not sure why not.  It didn’t seem to get onto my parents’ place-to-go radar.  There were other attractions nearby; Bodiam Castle, Camber, Hastings and Rye.  Hartfield was … Continue reading →

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Up Amidst The Branches

Posted on October 6, 2011 by

I’ve been telling everyone who’ll listen, and a fair few who won’t, that I seem to seek out the most difficult way of doing any given task. It’s probably true of my radio series and it’s certainly true of the … Continue reading →

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Czarny Chleb i Czarna Kawa

Posted on October 2, 2011 by

(Black Bread and Black Coffee) It’s been an exhilarating two or three weeks with three excursions to different parts of Europe in search of the stories that bread has to tell. After Cologne my next stop was southern Poland.  I … Continue reading →

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Glories of the Season

Posted on October 1, 2011 by

I have awoken to a thick blanket of autumn mist these last few days.  It’s been as though nature has reached for the sun to absorb the last of the year’s warmth. Meanwhile the treehouse progresses.  The lining and battens … Continue reading →

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