12 Rules for hikers.

The old guy’s 12 rules for life hiking. Rule no 1. Walk ! Also : my new facebook page for … More

Oliver’s army.

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

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

A hiking post. A long time ago in a distant galaxy ; actually it was north Wales, it merely felt … More

At the end of my summer cruise around Brittany i had a bit of spare time when i wasn’t doing … More

Not my average post…… Here are a few dates for you, and the question is : what happened that day … More

WABI”’ real time : Mid August, and iv’e just spent the day laying on my back underneath WABI”’ scraping off … More

A curious cabinet post. Once a month now i intend to post an update on the ‘cabinet of curiosities’ which … More

Title photograph : Zabriskie point, unknown photographer. If i said to you ‘Abbey Road’ , what image or memory would … More

So many expressions have entered the language from the world of ships, sailing and the sea that most people would … More