Oil delivery mans lament

Had an interesting conversation with our oil delivery man about his feelings on his treatment by angry drivers when he stops his tanker to deliver oil to places like ours in the country. He said ours was just about ok but other places on even smaller roads with nowhere for him to pull off the […]

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World Bee Day

“The Slovenian Beekeepers in 2017 proposed to the United Natons (UN) to declare May 20 a World Bee Day. In Slovenia, May 20th is known as the birthday of Anton Janša (1734-1773), the pioneer of modern beekeeping. Janša was the first teacher of modern beekeeping in the world, he was appointed by the Habsburg Empress […]

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Graham Norton’s Eurovision best bits

Well done Netta “Taking to the stage Netta performed the song for a final time, in spectacular fashion and representing everything we love about Eurovision: diversity, inclusion, fun, and utter, utter madness. Little sad what happened during the UK entry – Suri must have been really frightened. Thou thought she looked more annoyed than frightened. […]

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Selsey

We drove down to Del Quay yesterday, through leafy lanes and over the beautiful rolling Downs – im not sure if the sky was blue but felt it was. It was very busy at Del Quay so we drove on down to Selsey – a long time family stamping ground and walked besides the sea […]

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Selsey

Rumours that the Lifeboat Station was taken out to sea by tug to new owner, were just rumours – no glorious Valhalla. The view of the sea became uninterrupted.

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A272

The last 17 mile stretch of the A272 driving west from Sussex into Hampshire – from the A3 around Petersfield to Winchester is a switchback road thru beautiful countryside that draws motorbikers like honey – even in a car as the road swings from left to right curves with the South Downs and sea in […]

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Nymans – Messel family home

Beautiful garden in the spring with magnolias, azelias, walks, potting shed and secondhand book shop. My dad said this area sits in the golden triangle – close to Gatwick, M23 and not far from the sea. Though not a large garden, best time to visit in the spring – now with walks across the fields […]

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