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Remembrance day or something

Outside the Abbey on a cold, rainy Friday lie poppies and small wooden crosses in remembrance of those who gave their lives for us.

Each cross carries its own special message of remembrance.

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Added by Neil P on November 13, 2009 at 10:25pm — No Comments

A few evenings ago, I drove myself and little miss baby to Warmley to embark on the first of what I plan to be a series of railway walks. I parked the car close to the signal box and set myself the challenge of getting to the next station and back. Warmley station marked the start of the walk. Not sure why, but I didn't take a photo of the station. Wish I had now. It has some evocative silhouettes of commuters standing on the old platforms. Anyway, I was soon past it and was head down, marching… Continue

Added by Neil P on October 7, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Day trippin'

Friday before last, we trogged down to Minehead. After a wrong turn that took us off course for about 30 miles, we finally arrived.

Can't remember going there before. It's got a harbour and everything.

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Added by Neil P on September 2, 2009 at 9:12pm — No Comments

To the beach and beyond

Earlier this month, off we went to the beach. Severn Beach that is. Not quite a "buckets and spades" beach, but pleasant nonetheless.

It has sand-dune-like grass.

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Added by Neil P on August 30, 2009 at 6:30pm — No Comments

FOR SALE

Hello, my husband and I have recently moved into Corsham and due to our house move we have some furniture for sale. We have a dark brown dining room table and four leather chairs (£150 ono) for sale along with a glass round table with wooden stand and four chairs (£125 ono). Both were orignally from TR Hayes and are lovely pieces. We also have a TR Hayes coffee table with drawer (£50 ono) Please call 07860551546 and feel free to come and view the items at any time or I can send you photos. Th… Continue

Added by Charlotte on August 17, 2009 at 8:20am — No Comments

Free to non-collector

Well, an advert I placed in the Trade-It last week for a sofa I no longer need certainly generated a lot of interest. Having placed it in the "free to collector" section, I've had of the order 10 calls. The end result, sadly, is, as yet, not so positive. Here's just a selection of the calls I've received. Caller 1: Sounds keen. Calls several times while I was out and leaves a message, wanting to find out the width of it. "Two metres" said I. "Oh" came the reply, "I shall have to do some measur… Continue

Added by Neil P on August 3, 2009 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Messing about on the river

May bank holiday saw us take to the water at Pulteney Bridge.

All the years I've been in the area and I'd never been on a boat trip. Saw a side of Bath I'd never seen before.

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Added by Neil P on June 2, 2009 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Just imagine

One day. Soon.

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Added by Neil P on May 16, 2009 at 6:04pm — No Comments

Sun, sea and pebbles

Last weekend, we decided it was about time we got around to visiting Portishead and Clevedon. So that's precisely what we did. First stop was Portishead.

Lovely place. I didn't realise it even has its own lighthouse (or two).

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Added by Neil P on May 10, 2009 at 3:30pm — 2 Comments

I went exploring tonight

This evening, I visited several places I'd never visited before. First stop; Avoncliff. Well, actually, I had been through there on a barge before. And on a train. But not stopped there.

It must have one of the prettiest stations in the area.

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Added by Neil P on April 29, 2009 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Found this in the garden. What is it?

Can anyone hazard a guess as to what this is?

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Added by Neil P on April 26, 2009 at 7:52pm — 2 Comments

It's a lot less bovver

My wife recently bought me this hand mower. It's absolutely brilliant and makes mowing the lawn a pleasure. No faffing around with extension leads means it's a breeze to give the lawn a quick trim whenever the mood takes me. It's quiet enough to use late into the evening. Using no electricity makes it both greener, safer and more controlled. All this and it also gives a better cut than my old hover mower. Why would anyone want to use anything else?

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Added by Neil P on April 22, 2009 at 10:15pm — No Comments

Storm clouds a-gathrin'

We recently had a weekend in Sussex. On one of the days, we visited Battle. Glorious sunshine for a while, and then the sky turned black.

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Added by Neil P on April 21, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

It's gotta whole lotta bottle

I can happily report that doorstep deliveries of milk have recommenced in the Neil P household in glorious glass bottles.

If you want to help preserve this national institution, give Plank's dairies a call on 01380 828600. Continue

Added by Neil P on April 20, 2009 at 11:03pm — No Comments

My Old Shed... part two

Before getting rid of my old shed, I canibalised it, removing various fittings for later re-use. I particularly liked the tags attached to these shelf brackets.

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Added by Neil P on April 20, 2009 at 10:49pm — 1 Comment

Giving loadsa clothes to chariddy, mate

Is it me or do we get gazillions of charity bags delivered round here? Here's what we've collected in recent months. As if to emphasise my point, a couple of hours after I took this photo, another one arrived! How many old clothes do they think we have?

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Added by Neil P on April 20, 2009 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Who ever would want an old shed?

Loadsa people, evidently. I advertised this tatty old thing on Bath Freecycle and got over 15 requests for it.

It went to a bloke who balanced it on top his Volvo. Disassembled, of course. Continue

Added by Neil P on April 3, 2009 at 9:15pm — No Comments

Caravan To Let

Privately owned 3 bedroom fully equipped caravan to let on Freshwater Beach Holiday Park - Dorset. Please contact me for more information. Continue

Added by Pam on April 3, 2009 at 4:02pm — No Comments

Ghostly Happenings in Corsham

Yesterday I posted on my Blog (http://voicerev-sharemyjourney.blogspot.com/) a tale about a haunted cellar in Corsham High Street which has stirred a few thoughts in my readers. I'm interested in collecting together as many tales of strange and spooky happenings from the Corsham area as possible. If you have a story then why not email me with it at colingordon-farleigh@tiscali.co.uk. If I get enough stories then I intend to gather them into a small booklet to be published towards the end of the… Continue

Added by Colin Gordon-Farleigh on March 22, 2009 at 7:51am — 2 Comments

Get composting. You know it makes sense

I'm a recent convert to composting. Yesterday, I harvested the equivalent of two or three bags of compost. It's very satisfying seeing the direct result of my efforts to turn waste into something useful. You don't get that feedback with recycling cans, etc. It's been a learning experience. Here's what I've found: 1. Don't waste money on one of those plastic compost bins. Build a big one from pallets. It allows air to circulate and rain to penetrate. 2. Turn the heap over now and again to assi… Continue

Added by Neil P on March 8, 2009 at 1:21pm — No Comments