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Riding Along on an E-Bike, Baby!
I try out an e-bike, chat about environmental issues and Green Drinks events with Sustainable Devizes chairman, John Schofield. Firstly, a massive shout out to Jenny Dalton and the other members of the Seend Pork Pie Cycling Club, who, pie-fuelled, are zooming through the Deloitte Ride Across Britain, again! Last social media post saw Read more
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Strange Tales which are Unknown to Science
One of the older kids, super-cool, least I thought at the time; now Iโd label him as a poser! With lengthy-hanging fringe, he’d habitually flick back with the frills of his cuff, heโd slide rather than walk, in winkle-picker pixie boots. On the eve of breakdancing, when I was duty bound to be attired in Read more
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Lego & Steam
The week before the end of the school holidays and it was time for the attack to commence. A Lego spaceship was poised over Lego town, lasers set to kill. The suburban metropolis I’d taken all holiday to create was about to meet its annual apocalypse. Dad called it to action; “tidy up your bricks, Read more
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Quality Home-Cooked Pub Grub in Rowde
Mustโve been months ago now, when I dropped into The Cross Keys in Rowde for a feature on the theme of how village pubs need to be the hub of the community, and how landlady Kelly was planning, and so-far achieving that. I confess I only browsed the menu then, propping up the bar Read more
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Mahoosive Carnival Photo Gallery
Images used by permission of Gail Foster Here it is then, none of my inconsequential ramblings, just some lovely photos of Saturdayโs carnival procession, which sadly spells the close to the annual Devizes Outdoor Celebratory Artโs fortnight of festivities. I think I speak for all when I congratulate and thank everyone involved, and as Read more
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A Little Look at Whatโs Happening in Septemberโฆโฆ Part One!
โEarth has not anything to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty.โ Oh, do one Wordsworth; weโre due for another heatwave till November; itโs as true as I sit here in my khaki summer shortsโฆ. read it in the Sunday Express. Autumn Read more
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