My Somerset Life
Brian Snellgrove
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Pictorial adventures in London part 4
I came downstairs for breakfast amongst considerable activity. I noticed that there were many young ladies of a slim build and they looked very athletic types. Little did I know that there was going to be a preparation...
Pictorial adventures in London part 3
A free day. I decided to take the bus number one which goes from Hampstead Heath to Canada Water. I have never been there before but I know it has something to do with the docks. I took advantage of my Freedom Pass to...
Pictorial adventures in London part 2
.. At large in North London. I visited Whittington Hospital and saw a rather strange sculpture in the forecourt. Not sure what the plastic domes are about. Is it for people who smoke or is it a residue from the covid...
Pictorial adventures in London part 1
Once more I am drawn to London this time to celebrate someone's birthday, that someone being the oldest friend I have going back to 1966. Once again I went the cheapo way via Megabus from Bristol for the princely sum...
Frankenskies
The history of weather manipulation 1:20:56 I'm taking a few days off this week so I leave you today with a very interesting film about something that affects us all. The USA allocate 93 million dollars per day to...
The Hub Cafe and Library in Paulton
Publicly funded facilities can come and go in the blink of an eye and I know here locally in Paulton the cafe was closed for some time. It has now reopened with a caring and proud manager and a young girl who is...
Discrimination vs. Judgement
I'm spending significant amounts of time in the mornings listening to TWR trans world radio which is an evangelical and theological re broadcasting station in the United Kingdom anyway to act as a conduit for the many...
The time consuming challenge of transcribing a lecture
Do you know how much work is involved? This is addressed to the very small number of people who are information nerds like myself. We are surrounded by so much information that we have very little opportunity to digest...
Kilmersdon punches above its weight (again)
I have said this before and I will probably say it again, this tiny village of Kilmersdon (population 541) punches way above its weight. Kilmersdon Parish News is a bi-monthly product photocopied in colour. It was...
The first hot day of the year and the incredible running tree
This is the first hot day of the year which means that I am out and about doing the odd gardening job. No profound philosophical thoughts today. I love this image though. ---- VIDEO LIBRARY--------- Depressed. Try...
My friend’s Electric Car – is it worth it?
My good and long standing friend came to stay with us for a few days and we discovered that he has traded his hybrid car for a pure battery car. It is a lovely thing to drive. Basically it is a battery on wheels with...
Day trip to Wells Somerset
To Wells with our visiting friend. You never know what you're going to find so great is the rate of change these days. The cathedral is charging 14 pounds to enter and this is valid for one year but as I pointed out...
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Inspired by Samuel Pepys’ Diary 1633-1703
