The Baronial Chair

Well, I have done the deed on Halloween and now I risk the haunting! Many years ago my mother bought several items from a house contents sale at a medieval manor house in Ickenham. I was about eleven or twelve at the time, so it was in the late ‘fifties. Among...
Holiday Itinerary

Holiday Itinerary

These are the plans for our holiday in Cornwall June 2016 The Property Carnavis Cottage, Porthcothan, Cornwall Google map ref: 50.5109128,-5.0164623 Preparation Make sure car has been serviced by end of May – Done Make sure Karen has been insured to drive car if...
Holiday Itinerary

Beaches and Walks near Porthcothan

Beaches nearby List of beaches North to South from Padstow to Perranporth: Padstow (5m by road) is a picturesque harbour town on the western banks of the Camel Estuary. To the north of Padstow and accessible by the coast path is a super stretch of sand from St Georges...

Jezzie's Apple Tree 2016

  Jezzie’s apple tree is in full bloom again this year. What a shame that she is no longer here to walk me to the tree each day and stop to enjoy the windfall apples the tree will drop. I remember how she used to drag me on to see if there were some apples...

Up the creek without a paddle

Picture yourself in a boat on a river. It is late on a lovely summer’s evening that was spent with friends. In this case it was on a very big river, the Thames at Twickenham, 1959. However there were no tangerine trees or marmalade skies, and certainly no...