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My plot
For Father's Day beloved Amy gave me a glossy kitchen-garden porn mag Early Tuesday morning - about 3.00am - I went downstairs to join Lin who was up late in the kitchen after collecting Richard and...
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The Greek Crisis
A few days ago Oliver and Hannah were staying with their other grandmother, Christine. She introduced them to kite flying...Oliver and Hannah (Photo: Amy Hollier) ...while yesterday Lin and I were...
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Hanging out to dry ~ 'the nightmare of Greek history'
'...Under their thundering rage at Syriza, those who will vote yes are also afraid, not just of losing their privileges as some on the left would have it, not just of the deeper collapse that will...
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Sunday
Oliver and I harvested peas, broad beans, onions, garlic and potatoes for Sunday supper *** *** *** The European Commission released a statement on the Greek referendum result:Brussels, 05 July 2015....
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Glut
My allotment ia at last fertile; as productive as I'd hoped. There lies this year's problem. Glut.Lots of broad beans (photo: Winnie Hall) I have been concentrated on getting things to grow; delighted...
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All these threads
I seem to have a lot; maybe too much on the go. We've just spent nearly £300 getting the clutch master cylinder replaced on the HHH van - the result I suspect of so much short term stopping and...
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The smoke again
Brompton at New Street A day trip to London by cycle and train. These days when I've stopped reading newspapers, seeing the newsstands is a reminder of why not, tho' I enjoy stoking generalised choler...
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Rainy summer days
It was the wettest chilliest day this July but on the 24th Hannah Rowan was one year old - a Friday, and the only day that week her dad was off-work selling cars. The family and friends gathered over...
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'Born in debt'
'The compromise to save the nation' Greek cartoon 1893 My brother George Pericles sent me this cartoon on Facebook. Nancy Katsalis and Aleko Damaskinos sent me translations of the old Greek. George...
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Winter work
Simon in Greece with a Mayday wreath; stepfather Jack Hargreaves in his shed in Dorset with a film from Out of Town In the last three years we've worked on the production of two commercially available...
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My plot
'Above all remember; allotment gardening is fun, it's healthy and it's a great way to meet people. So the most important thing is to enjoy your allotment.' Advice from the Allotments Section at...
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'Though inland far we be...'
My grandson and I have been working the allotment"Here’s a thing, Oliver. Suppose I get this allotment producing a regular supply of vegetables. Suppose I sort out my confusion about whether this is a...
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Work up Bell Hill, Lydbrook
The Rock Cottage restoration project hovered over us for several years. A favourite place reached by walking up a steep path from the middle of Lydbrook, Gloucestershire. The place has been neglected...
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Αγαπητέ Καγκελάριος
Letter sent prior to a meeting in Berlin today between Alexis Tsipras and Angela MerkelDear Chancellor I am writing to you to express my deep concern about developments since the 20th February 2015...
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Leaving England
Last Saturday in March I did some last minute sowing and, with Oscar, took a look around Plot 14 before packing our cases for Ano Korakiana. Winnie asked me to give her notes...WEEDS: Keep the plot...
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Εμπρός γκρεμός και πίσω ρέμα.
In Ano Korakiana, and every village across the land, edges of roads and steps and paths are being whitewashed, verges tidied, surfaces swept as Easter comes closer. Fortis and his son Lefteris set to...
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Small works
Clunk! From downstairs Lin calls “What have you done now?”“We have a problem” The stove, just refilled with wood, was keeping us warm. The hollow half-cone cast iron moulding that linked it to the...
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A stone shoe
The light behind the curtains suggests another sunny day, with reservations. Enough to do laundry. Once the machine is rumbling reassuringly, the soaked mix tossing in the froth, I’ve emptied the...
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'A ship of rich lading wrecked on the narrow seas'
Familiar dreams of inadequacy – unprepared notes just before a lecture, no papers to explain myself to an arresting authority, a journey started but vital luggage gone missing...They are born on...
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The boat
Guy's text from GB the other evening *** **** Euston Station December 2013"I want a boat!” said Oliver“You mean you’d like a boat”“Yes! A boat!”“Make him a boat, grandpa” says Amy I glued and screwed...
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