26th September 2010 I am now, it seems, something of a land baron. Imagine my surprise when, just a week before flying to see my stepbrother David in Bulgaria, a letter from the Council dropped through the letterbox announcing that I had been granted an allotment. I cycled over for a look and found it… Continue Reading

9th September 2010 A couple of weeks ago, I was halfway through what I thought was a witty and rather lengthy blog when my PC’s screen suddenly went blue and the machine began buzzing like a drunken wasp. The hard drive had gone kaput. The auto-save feature doesn’t work when the drive turns into toast.… Continue Reading