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Holidays and news

Posted on August 17, 2014 by armund

We have been away in our caravan with our grandchildren to Bridlington. Good fun but a bit crowded as there were six of us. It’s a big caravan with five good bunks but not six. I ended up sleeping on … Continue reading →

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The Mumbles

Posted on July 29, 2014 by armund

Homage to Dillon Thomas and Richard Llewellyn THE MUMBLES The dank wind was howling across the sea and butting the heave of the Mumbles like a pugilist. It gave no quarter to the town of Llareggub and asked for none. … Continue reading →

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The Atavistics

Posted on June 28, 2014 by armund

The Atavistics – ARM – 20140606 It was an anxious time for James Acomb. He wasn’t ‘in charge’ and he wasn’t confident about what he was being asked to do. The Atavistics had instructed him that ‘She’ would sense a … Continue reading →

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Heritage

Posted on June 7, 2014 by armund

We had a another good day out today. A bit of ancestor worship around the Thames Valley. We set off from Henley on Thames mid morning and first of all went to visit Greys Court, a National Trust place North … Continue reading →

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A Bit of Rough

Posted on June 3, 2014 by armund

A BIT OF ROUGH 20140525 Sundays are strange days. Everyone seems to have a different opinion. It’s boring, it’s relaxing, it’s ‘me’ time, it’s ‘clear the loose ends’ time. For me it is ‘list time’. I daydream the things I … Continue reading →

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Long Shadows

Posted on May 31, 2014 by armund

LONG SHADOWS The evening was turning out surprisingly well. When his sons had suggested that they take him out he had expected to be home again by ten o’clock. It was later than that and now and he was enjoying … Continue reading →

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Infatuation and Miss Boston

Posted on May 21, 2014 by armund

Before you fall in love, you have to get some practice in and your sub-brain seems to do this by fooling you into seeing someone as perfect, it usually chooses someone unobtainable who you can’t win. Well for pubescent boys … Continue reading →

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Red Amsterdam

Posted on May 13, 2014 by armund

Amsterdam – 20140508 Red lights and the Sisterhood make a strange alliance when witnessed first hand; more so when the Sisterhood’s voice casts advice from the heart; and one of those voices is the woman Jack had spent his years … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare’s Pageant.

Posted on April 27, 2014 by armund

The Lord Mayor of London’s Pageant John Herbert, the Lord Mayor’s factotum, walked into the drapers shop in Cripplegate, London owned by Anthony Munday the writer and poet. “I’m here to see Anthony Munday.” Announced Herbert. “He doesn’t actually concern … Continue reading →

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Wheels of Fortune – Chapter One

Posted on February 7, 2014 by armund

The short story about a young man’s bicycle journey from Wales to Yorkshire in the 1930s called ‘Wheels of Fortune’ is now a separate Page to be found on the command line at the top.

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