Category Archives: Ramblings

Cornwall

Posted on August 8, 2016 by armund

We have returned from our holiday in Pentewan Sands near St Austell in Cornwall. It rained all of one day and part of a second but otherwise it was good. I’m sure we all enjoyed it. My wife and me … Continue reading →

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Winter draws on

Posted on October 23, 2015 by armund

It’s always a little depressing at this time of year marked by two events. Firstly; the whole country goes back onto Greenwich Mean Time. This means that our clocks go back one hour on Sunday morning. We get one hours … Continue reading →

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Southwark Cathedral

Posted on September 21, 2015 by armund

We are in London and went to the Imperial War Museum today. It rained a lot so being indoors was a bonus. I took some photographs but being on a very slow site internet connection I decided not to try … Continue reading →

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Read it, Note it, start again.

Posted on September 18, 2015 by armund

Distant Days of Summer. I’m back to basics with the book. Reading and writing notes. I much prefer fiction were I can simply let my mind wander and invent. Writing non-fiction is long and arduous, and a constant battle with … Continue reading →

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Creative Writing

Posted on August 21, 2015 by armund

I am in limbo at the moment. My story has gone off to be edited by a professional. No doubt he/she will tell me it is all wrong and that I need to write half of it over again. In … Continue reading →

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Summer is a coming in

Posted on April 18, 2015 by armund

Things are picking up in York and Britain now as it’s the middle of April and the Sun is bright and even warm at times. We have been invited to a party next month and the instruction is ‘Hawaiian Themed’. … Continue reading →

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Reading, Notations and Writing

Posted on February 19, 2015 by armund

It’s hard work writing a book. I am spending hours reading and researching information that at times contradicts itself. I just want to type out the story but there is no point if it’s inaccurate. In the last four weeks … Continue reading →

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It’s been a while

Posted on January 20, 2015 by armund

I have at last found time to write my blog. It’s not that I haven’t been writing it’s more that I am writing other stuff.  Not all writing mind you, I have read a lot of research books and articles … Continue reading →

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Codes and Mr Turner

Posted on December 2, 2014 by armund

20141202 The Simon Singh book, “The Code Book”, has arrived. After a long perusal flicking forward and back again through many pages I can’t find anything about adding 1 or subtracting 1. I did however find a chart that helps … Continue reading →

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Plumbing and quiz solution

Posted on November 30, 2014 by armund

All of a sudden Britain has taken another American cultural icon, ‘Black Friday’. I and most people I know don’t know what that is nor what it means. Well we do now. It’s a sales promotion based on the Friday … Continue reading →

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