My blogging pal Derrick has a robin that visits his garden, I don’t have a Robin but I do have a Wren. I like the Wren, it is not so obligingly photogenic as the Robin but is possibly my favourite British bird…
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Childhood, Europe, History, Literature, Natural Environment, Travel
Tagged British Birds, Farthing, Life, Ornithology, Travel, Wren
Emma Peel was my first fantasy pin-up and I used to scour the television magazines and newspapers for pictures of her that I cut out assembled into a scrap book of cuttings that I carried with me at all times. Once (about 1966, I guess) some school pals happened to mention this to the English teacher, Mr Howe, who demanded sight of the book and immediately confiscated it for a couple of days.
Posted in Europe, History, Travel, World Heritage
Tagged Apollo Space Programme, Bay of Pigs, Berlin Wall, Cold War, Coronation Street, Diana Rigg, Doctor Kildare, East Germany, Emma Peel, FA Cup Final, Farthing, John F Kennedy, John Glen, John Steed, Leicester City, NASA, The Avengers, Yuri Gargarin, Zero G Space Pen
Have Bag, Will Travel 