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  • Walls, Fletchers, and Games

    The Wall Building will Continue until Morale Improves Yes, I have brutalised myself, but all in the name of progress. The wall has come together quite quickly. Is it perfect? Far from it, but it hasn’t fallen down yet and doesn’t look horrendous. It is a long overdue project as I hated the old pseudo-brick…

  • Split Slate and Fiction

    A little bit of gaming, and a little bit of DIY. The dry stone walling workshop at Quince Honey Farm was fun, and though the stones were heavy, the detail was light. The most important messages I took away were to just give it a try. And backfill. Lots of backfill. In this context it’s…

  • Reading on a Deadline

    Because what better way is there to relax than a threat of impending confiscation… The Library No, I’m not talking about your Steam Library. Or your PlayStation catalogue. We are discussing brick-and-mortar (and sometimes chassis in the case of vans) libraries. I have an on-again, off-again relationship with the library system. It was a convenient…

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  • Gardening in the Rain

    Gotta plant! (Is that considered an esoteric reference these days?) The spring hasn’t quite sprung yet, as we experienced an abortive warm spell followed by cold and wet weather. The slugs are having an absolute bash, but I’m less impressed. Although it has dampened me, it hasn’t dampened my spirits. After getting a little fed…

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  • Return to Cardiff

    It has been a few years, but I ended up back in the Welsh capital doing a bit of exploration while my other half sat an arduous exam. At least the food was good! The Easter of 2019 was a fine one indeed. I organised a trip which ended up being a food tour of…

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  • It all Hinges on This (Concealed Hinge Puns Within)

    Back to Plymouth, and you know what that means? Back to projects! As much as I enjoyed the single life in Sheffield, after a couple of weeks I was really starting to miss my family and home in general. Living out of a hotel starts to lose its novelty after a while and I was…

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  • Sheffield 2 (Electric-Shef-aloo?)

    The sequel to Sheffield sees me walking just about everywhere you can walk. City. Woodland. Countryside. Hills. Villages. Amazingly, this is all possible from this unique city. An Expected Journey Given the proximity to some of the best walking and climbing country in the UK, I thought it would be a shame not to get…

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