The Trees of Wisbech Park
I was in back in Wisbech, my home town, and took an early morning walk in Wisbech Park. I’d been expecting storms and heavy rain, so the start of a […]
Great British Bake Off has much to answer for – Rick’s first steamed pudding!
After sitting through Great British Bake Off’s pudding week it seemed there was only one course of action – get ourselves some steamed pudding! The bakers had the task of […]
Why I’ll ‘Vote None’ at the June 8th 2017 UK General Election
For most of my life I have voted for a political party that I had a measure of belief in. It was not a mainstream party so, because of ‘first-past-the-post’, […]
A Christmas Remembrance with Benjamin Till’s London Requiem
At the end of the year – time to remember. 2016 was rough. As well as Dad, I said goodbye to my old schoolfriend Moria Taylor (née Kinsey). Also dying […]
Mick Westhorpe (Gerald Edward) – 27th November 1930 – 11th April 2016
My father has died. For me it started with a phone call from a shopkeeper in Brecon on Friday morning, 1st April. For my dad, it started a few minutes […]