E. Is for Egret.

Commodore Ralph Munroe and ‘Egret’. The boat that started it all. E. is for escapism. My new Facebook page for … More

Garden projects 2 ; the long edge.

Garden projects 2, winter into spring. Blog time : it’s late January 2020 and the third morning in a row … More

Post 2 in the Opsimath series. Words without meaning. The new Puritans. Those naughty ‘N’ words. My new facebook group … More

Real time : it’s January 31st 2020 and we have, once again, become a country free of a massive unelected … More

Fitness blog (haha) post : January ‘Hello, my name’s Steve and i’m a fat bastard !. I could just end … More

The Drascombe boats story. Drascombe Lugger, Longboat, Dabber doo-dah etc etc. October 2019…..in one of the rare clear and quiet … More

An Opsimath post. The food pyramid. The low fat paradigm. Is everything we knew about food totally wrong ?. I … More

Title picture : Dudley Dix, cape ‘cutter Elvee’, photograph courtesy of Ryerson Clark. Jim Young ‘Rocket’ Dudley Dix ‘Retro’ From … More

It’s boxing day and i’m sitting at the computer, obviously, and writing my Christmas blog piece, only i’m finding it … More

Title photograph : driveway edge with my planter boxes foreground and the sitting area as it was when i first … More