High Endeavours

About thirty yers ago I was shooting in Hampshire and met Miles Clark. Having established that we were both brought up in Ireland, albeit on different sides of the border, he told me rather diffidently about his passion for sailing and only later I discovered he had written High Endeavours. Miles Smeeton was his godfather… Continue reading High Endeavours

Canary Tweets

Guess how many islands belong to Spain. Now check on Wikipedia – there are 179 – but some are tiny.

Castles & Walled Gardens

Government backed “levelling up” has mixed results. That’s my way of saying taxpayers’ money is usually spent as ineffectively in this area as it is for overseas aid.

Wayland’s Smithy

Over nearly nine years (life of blog) there have been visits to Neolithic sites in Wiltshire, Malta and Moldova, reminiscences of visits to Newgrange and other sites in the Boyne valley and a Guest Blog about stone circles in Eskdale.