So we are within a two week event, Somerset Art Weeks Festival 2017, starting yesterday 23rd September where the artists display their finery and the public can meet them in their homes. One such was Sally Bradborn. Interestingly the surname originated from the village Bradbyrne in Derbyshire. The name comes from two old English words; biad, meaning broad or wide, and burna meaning stream. I...
We discovered this jewel about four years ago and it is now part of our Sunday routine when we go to the boot sale in Cheddar. (see previous entry). It is not a 'pub' but an 'import' from somewhere like Australia. The Cider Barn is presided over by the ever characterful Jason who works the most horrendous hours and is universally liked by the mixed clientele that appear at the door. Cyclists,...
Friday 23 September 1664 ...Pepys writes....My cold and pain in my head increasing, and the palate of my mouth falling, I was in great pain all night. My wife also was not well, so that a mayd was fain to sit up by her all night....Dined with little heart at noon...So home, and late reading “The Siege of Rhodes” to my wife, and then to bed, my head being in great pain and my palate still down....
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Inspired by Samuel Pepys’ Diary 1633-1703