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Stourhead - Wiltshire
Stourhead House and Gardens National Trust property in Wiltshire. We have been before, 19 years ago with my mother, so this was a trip...
Glen Smith
Jun 2, 20243 min read


Langton Matravers
The long-awaited trip to test my new camera and visit the Purbeck Stone Museum and Langton Matravers Museum. The museum is just behind St...
Glen Smith
May 25, 20244 min read


Life’s Lessons
Work has been good lately, lots of it and I needed a break, so opened Tumblr and found this article which struck a cord. Have a read and...
Glen Smith
May 18, 20244 min read


Disaster at Tarrant Close
Preparing the evening meal, it is Monday so it is Pasta, I went to put back the olive oil into the cupboard and I knocked the salt...
Glen Smith
May 10, 20244 min read


Nottinghamshire
Left at 12:45 and after an uneventful trip passing yellow fields of Rape seed we stopped at the Moto Services at Ardley on the A43. Good...
Glen Smith
Apr 29, 20245 min read


Holt Forest to Tuscany
We all have a glass and a half in us. Angela, a cool, dry, white. Russell a red with ice. Gary a soft Merlot, no ice and leave the...
Glen Smith
Apr 16, 20245 min read


All about Easter
Have you ever asked the question, do you just live with someone because it is convenient? Or do you live with someone because that is...
Glen Smith
Mar 29, 20245 min read


Dictators and Dinners
I know, not the subject you want to start a good blog but let us get it out the way and enjoy the rest. Putin wins again but he still has...
Glen Smith
Mar 25, 20245 min read


Earths End
A friend once told me she likes spanking! I thought it wise not to delve deeper into her special desire only I did wonder if it is the...
Glen Smith
Mar 10, 20244 min read


Those Romantic Stories
They do leave real life behind. This is the story of a young man who was a great chef who left his job and came home to help his mother...
Glen Smith
Feb 14, 20245 min read


Birthdays, what again?
No, not mine, that is in the middle of the year. This time it is Michael’s birthday and he is turning 30. Where has the time gone, just...
Glen Smith
Feb 8, 20246 min read


Christmas and other disasters
Disaster Strikes The latest news is the house that the eco-friendly manufacturer built and the insurance broker has collapsed. Structural...
Glen Smith
Dec 28, 20234 min read


Christmas Ideas and Dreams
I would like to propose a new idea for Christmas. Instead of all the normal Christmas food let’s do everyone’s favourite food for...
Glen Smith
Dec 20, 20233 min read


Life through a Lens
Life through a lens On my 14th birthday, my mother gave me a Browning camera with two rolls of film. It was a square cardboard box with a...
Glen Smith
Dec 18, 20233 min read


The Making of Gingerbread House
What is Christmas without a little drama to take you out of that dreamy path of preparations for the festive time? Ours was last night,...
Glen Smith
Dec 13, 20233 min read


Day of the Dead
What is the Day of the Dead? Good question and from my research I have come across the following. It is held around the same time as...
Glen Smith
Dec 3, 20234 min read


The Beyondness of Things
Marley was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk,...
Glen Smith
Nov 25, 20234 min read


Halloween - Myths
Before I get on to the subject of Halloween, let me just update you on the progress of certain individuals from the last blog. Michael is...
Glen Smith
Oct 30, 20235 min read


Jewellery and Running by Experts
Well, it has been a while but I am back typing away with gusto. Talking of gusto, Gary has just had his birthday, he has one every year,...
Glen Smith
Oct 25, 20233 min read


Great Wall of China
The Chinese are up to their subterfuge again. GSP went to the Chinese embassy to get a visa to visit China in the New Year and they...
Glen Smith
Sep 23, 20233 min read
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