The Ashmolean… Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford. Website here. Founded in 1683, open Tuesday to Sunday, and Bank … More
Month: May 2018
The awoogah-awoogah of my primal, cave-man radar-gland…
Details of a most peculiar experience of mine, please follow the link to The Story-Reading Ape’s blog for the details… via … More
Captain’s log, canal date 20-05-2018.3
Life, the Universe, and Everything. I flogged two midshipmen yesterday (insubordination), and hanged the carpenter from the yardarm (for whistling … More
The Mary Rose Museum – Henry VIII would chuckle and be happy #maryrose #narrowboat #england
The Mary Rose: 1511-1545. One of Henry VIII’s little runabouts and a defence against the (perennially) grumbling Scots and the … More
Bank Holiday over & the canal returns to the purpose for which it was intended #narrowboat #england #canal
That purpose being, of course, my enjoyment. According to the “government dot com” website I have thirty-six years of National … More
One grass-snake and a damned Bank Holiday full of creatures with whom I share some minor DNA #narrowboat #england #canal
One reptile, one sunset, a bit of a back and forth along the canal and, unfortunately, a Bank Holiday. The … More
Blenheim Palace World Heritage Site UNLOVED AMATEUR SHAMBLES #blenheim #palace #churchill
…and when I say “unloved amateur shambles” I am not referring to the building work going on! I am referring to … More
The Diesel-Electric Elephant Company. 