Give me 12 inches (and make me a wig)
Friday, December 21st, 2007The fear of going bald does strange things to a man – just ask Mark Oaten. Thing is, there’s no turning back from it.
The fear of going bald does strange things to a man – just ask Mark Oaten. Thing is, there’s no turning back from it.
So, yesterday we went to have a potter around some woodland where, 26 years ago this month, an alien spaceship was seen to land.
Possibly.
The Rendlesham Forest Incident, in which a group of American airmen rushed out to what they thought was a crashed aircraft, is sometimes known as the”English Roswell”. Some, including a fairly senior [...]
Newspaper bills – the posters outside shops with snappy headlines – are supposed to intrigue you into buying the paper by giving you a taster of the story. They're not supposed to leave you so doubled up with laughter that you decide it's safer to pass them by and look the stories up later online.
Which [...]
I wonder if he's landed yet?
The third and final batch of photos from our camping weekend (a dim and distant memory now, I fear) comes from Cleeve Abbey
Here's a really cool thing: mini business cards with your Flickr photos on the back.
For anyone motivated by a passion for vegetable growing, Rosemoor – the RHS gardens near Torrington in Devon – are a 'must see' at this time of year.
Very mixed weather today
Ever gluttons for punishment, we spent the weekend in a small tent on a hillside in Somerset. Friday night served up gale force winds, Saturday gave us thunderstorms, but the tent – a relic from my days in the Scouts and 25 years old if it's a day – was equal to all.
Bit late, this post, but what the hell. A couple of weekends ago we combined two of our favourite interests – good books and archaeology – in one visit to the excavations at Silchester Roman Town.