RIP Rupert

Tuesday 6th October 2020

Rupert (AKA Clipperdown Ralph Lauren) left us last Saturday. He died very suddenly, and even though I wasn’t there, Mark was and Arthur was beside him. Mark believes he had a massive heart...

Corona Update: a post of two halves

Monday 29th June 2020

In this post I will cover two areas.  First, the changes and adaptions I am considering for future events, both here, at venues where I am the host, and at venues when I am the guest teacher, such...

Corona. It’s a whole new world.

Saturday 23rd May 2020

Disclosure. This post – really it is an article – is political. If you don’t like political posts, wait until I get my finger out and finally get back to the knitting. That may be a...

Corona Knitting. Sort Of. And a moan about a pattern…

Saturday 2nd May 2020

I am still not knitting, really. A friend of mine though, I suspect to get me going – like roadside assistance only for stalled knitters, asked me to knit a tea cosy for him, and before I had...

Somerset in the time of Corona

Monday 23rd March 2020

EDIT: the holiday company I linked to has now contacted me to say they agree, they are taking that wording down and removing from the Visit Somerset website.  This is great news, so I have removed...

One of those faces…

Wednesday 26th February 2020

I think I just have one of those faces. No, not my resting piss-off face. I think I have a face, or maybe it’s body language, that makes people talk to me.  By which I don’t mean you, or...