Magnon's Meanderings

Back in the 60's and 70's, my people owned a couple of cottages on top of the first Welsh hill to the West of Oswestry, in a loca...

'Home Schooling' has always been associated with cranks, muesli knitters, and backwoodsmen, but I'm now wondering if traditiona...

You've heard of the Secret Seven and the Famous Five, now meet the Intrepid Trio. Yesterday they came with nets and buckets; they wer...

I love figs in all their forms. I like them fresh from the tree in late August/early September, cooked sweet or savoury, dried in that fami...

I was recently asked, by a couple of kind followers, why and how I moved to France. This is the simple answer. When I was very young I wen...

With this wonderful 20 degrees C weather, I've been able to start planning what I'll be doing up at Haddock's this year. I'...

Politics is rearing its VERY UGLY head again almost everywhere. Time to insist that we ALL have the right to certain services and standar...