Sunday
31 March 2013

Circles and cycles
— by Unknown on Sunday, 31 March 2013

Circles and cycles
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Easter Saturday took us to Avebury , where we walked a seven mile figure-of-eight from Overton Hill to Windmill Hill and back again, crossi...
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Monday
25 March 2013

Let's visit Scarfolk
— by Unknown on Monday, 25 March 2013

Let's visit Scarfolk
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I grew up in the small Devon village of Stoke Gabriel , which sits at the end of a small creek on the River Dart estuary. Its economy was on...
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Sunday
24 March 2013

Mask
— by Unknown on Sunday, 24 March 2013

Mask
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Winter may still be raging outside but I felt it was time for a little spring cleaning. I've tidied up the blog a bit and, most noticeab...
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Friday
22 March 2013

Busy bee
— by Unknown on Friday, 22 March 2013

Busy bee
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It's been a busy couple of weeks. First there was International Bagpipe Day at the Pitt Rivers Museum .  Phil Powell's Lei...
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Wednesday
13 March 2013

Something for the weekend
— by Unknown on Wednesday, 13 March 2013

Something for the weekend
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Pssst. I don't know if you've noticed but things have changed in the trouser department (nudge nudge, wink wink, know what I mean, s...
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Friday
8 March 2013

Scary monsters
— by Unknown on Friday, 8 March 2013

Scary monsters
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Experts are often incensed by mistakes in fiction. In his hateful little book,  Lord of the Flies,  William Golding famously made Piggy shor...
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