My Somerset Life
Brian Snellgrove
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What is fear? plus ‘the metaphorical use of the word ‘skin’
Brian: I don't want to develop a thick skin but I find that when I put ideas to people and they just laugh at it ignore it or reject I find it difficult not to take it personally. I do my best. Out of the goodness of...
A trip to Honey Street, Wiltshire
The Barge Inn at Honey Street which is in Wiltshire would not be a name that trips off everybody's tongue. We decided to go today because the weather tomorrow is forecast to be worse and warm weather was promised. I...
A weekend when nothing is expected of us.
We noticed that there was a village day at High Lyttleton so after lunch we hopped off to see what was going on. this event is always the same formula, dog show, refreshment tent, various local charities, tombola, one...
The best service I have received in many a long year
I had a recent order for a printed color leaflet which I received yesterday and all did not seem right with it so I decided to approach the printing company to get redress in other words I wanted the job done...
slightly unhinged Weymouth
We decided to have a day trip to Weymouth to get away from it all if only briefly. Little did we know that there were two football matches connected with the city in directly or directly so we have to ourselves up for...
My favourite jokes
People used to laugh at me when I used to say " I want to be a comedian", I am successful and nobody's laughing now I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not too sure Scientists say the universe is made up of...
A visit to the Community Farm in Chew Valley
The community Farm lies adjacent to an artificial lake at Chew Magna. Good organic food is grown and distributed to the local population by way of veg boxes. Anyone who wants to visit can do so by clicking on this link...
Clutton Fayre and the 50th Anniversary of Frome Council
To the village of Clutton to enjoy the annual outdoor celebration which does not change much from year to year. There are various small sales stalls, charity stalls, local initiatives, a large tent where the most...
Francoise’s birthday
Very strangely we had no clear idea before today about where we should go particularly to celebrate the birth day by having lunch. Looking through TripAdvisor is all very well but I find myself swayed by the one star...
Modern art with a difference plus a forest of EMF
I have written elsewhere about the effect of the electro magnetic waves particularly those coming from the five G and 4G system but also from mobile phones and today I achieved what must be a world record to me anyway...
Combined visit to Glastonbury and Wells
Not often that you have a blazing log fire when the temperature is 25 degrees but that is the custom in chalice well when I and Françoise went to join the celebration of Lammas which is to do with the first harvests. I...
The entire disgrace of the opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics
normally this is to record my day to day activity as me. However I have put this here because I do think it will be deleted soon. How much more evil does the world have to be before people 'twig' what is going on,...
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