My childhood was a bit “boom and bust” in terms of the family fortunes. This is probably why I have … More
Tag: trust
Fuel Boat BARGUS in Lock-Down
There’s a new (old) fuel-boat in town. Halsall is patrolling fresh waters, and nb BARGUS (also from Four Counties Fuels) … More
Winter Drawers On
Humorous Protagonist A: ‘I’m not going to answer the door in my longjohns.’ Humorous Protagonist B: ‘I didn’t know that … More
The Carp are having a Diem
Somewhere under there… Filthy beasts. Sunday eh? We’ve been promised some brightth today by the Metabiological Office, even some … … More
Gloom and Geese for International Men’s Day
When the morning sky looks like this (taken from the Cardinal’s side-hatch) how the hecky heck is anyone supposed to … More
Hunkering and Bunkering
This probably constitutes El Panic Buying, but it’s not. I didn’t realise that the Fuel Boat, nb BARGUS, would be … More
Ginger Season
a.k.a. ‘The Mighty Drear’. Or possibly auburn season. Is it open season on Auburn Hepburns? Do people still use the … More
Doing the ironying
I shall be attending a small Remembrance Event this morning, as I have always done whenever it has been possible, … More
Goose Stepping Backwards For Christmas
Or The Delights of a Deafening Avian Cacophany going on for hours from before first light. There’s a lonesome goose … More
Preparations for El Lockdown II
Up and at ’em, not early as such, but at near enough first light this morning. The new House Arrest (Boat … More
An appreciation of the exquisite art of the Dutch Old Master Hertz van Rental
Well, there’s another week gone of the meteoric Decline & Fall of Western Civilisation. I got a bit o’shopping done. … More
The whole world’s gone utterly insanitary
The Cardinal and I, however, have not. I took my protein pills and put my helmet on yesterday before engaging … More