The Journey Home ... delayed by a deer on the tracks
The promenade at Weymouth is a peaceful place at seven o'clock on a Sunday morning. The only sounds are those of the natural world. The...
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Dougie
May 28, 20223 min read
(Not too) Far from the Madding Crowd
We are still in Hardy Country -- in a place where his best loved book collides with John Schlesinger's film. A day when 1874 (Thomas...
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Dougie
May 27, 20225 min read
High Tea (and a less than stellar poem) in Hardy Country
We were in need of a good location. Spike had arranged to meet her father's sister, Anne, and her husband, Jeff, somewhere in Weymouth....
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Dougie
May 26, 20225 min read
Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside ...
Sometimes the simplest delights of a long holiday are found in the most unexpected places. This morning that turned out to be adjacent...
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Dougie
May 25, 20222 min read
A different sort of England
After fabulous pastries in the cute café in Pimlico we skipped yesterday, we left London today. Our final hour in the Big Smoke was spent...
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