Seven Days In

Still reading  Dawn of the Dumb  by  Charlie Brooker,  and charged my bookmark from the one I got made for me for reviewing a book on N...

I'm back in Newcastle and back to work and sort of sad that I'm not still in Settle, but finances don't currently allow me ...

One of the reasons I write this blog is as a diary, another is when something happens or grabs my attention that I can , however tenuou...

I'm lucky enough to be on holiday in one of my favourite places, Settle, and thanks to the internet and technology I can share time...

Sometimes the odd things cause me to write posts. Yesterday I was walking to work and the path was littered with puddles so it was diff...

Today has been a busy but relaxing day. My first goal was to photograph the Ribblehead Viaduct . The problem was that I had a thirty m...

I got up this morning for a quick walk round and get fresh air , and saw a fading rainbow over Giggleswick (you can see it here ) which...

This is post #300 this year. Here is Post #300 from last year, which is basically a list  of reasons that I have come to love being in ...

I got to Settle on Friday and thought I would start up the laptop (which I am writing or should that be typing ) this on and  the web b...

This morning my alarm awoke me from a very vivid dream at a point where I was trying to get into a folk club for a gig but thought I ha...

It's strange at times when you are trying to do a lot of things simultaneously, your focus obviously drifts and because you are w...

This week has been quiet and relaxing. I have managed to finish the excellent "Deadwood" , start "The Terror" ,...

Today I took a train from Newcastle to Settle via Carlisle. The thing about this journey is, if you don't do it every day, the sce...

The title is the name of the book by  Steve Birkinshaw that I bought from 3 Peaks Cycles in Settle just because of the title. I didn...

I've finished "swords of Corum" by Michael Moorcock and now taking a break from Science Fantasy (though there is little...

This is my 300th post this year but it is really just going to be a list of reasons why I like Settle. I have been once before maybe f...

I have to say Settle is a lovely place to say, although not a place to drive round. The people are friendly and everything is in walki...

When I've been looking for music to share the image of this Pink Floyd song is always there in the selection list, so this has com...

I do find copyright application very strange and often just like bullying for the sake of it, like you see from traffic wardens, counc...