by Patrick | May 26, 2014 | Environment, Lifestyle, Uncategorized
As a boy the one poem I learned off by heart was John Masefield’s ‘Cargoes’. In particular one stanza stuck in my mind, a description of Channel traffic probably inspired by Masefield’s own days at sea, and first published in 1902. Dirty British coaster with a...
by Patrick | Nov 9, 2013 | Environment, Lifestyle, Uncategorized
Its gently curving yet almost straight horns can line up when seen side on, so it may be the Oryx is the beast from which the Unicorn legend springs. Certainly Aristotle linked the name Oryx to the legend of the Unicorn. The story has it that only a virgin can capture...
by Patrick | Oct 26, 2013 | Lifestyle, Uncategorized
Seaford is an old town. The church was built about 1090 by William the Conqueror’s brother-in-law, who became the boss here after the invasion. (It was not the last invasion by the French – they last landed in 1752 in Fishguard when they reputedly...
by Patrick | Oct 14, 2013 | Travel, Uncategorized
It was love at first sight. Seasoned traveller that I am, I was astonished to find the beauty of the Seven Sisters and Seaford Head on my doorstep. This is an anti-travel tale really, an introduction to the pleasures there are next door. Don’t get...
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