by Trevor Millum | Sep 12, 2018 | Family, Places
Ponches-Estruval was as quiet as ever (apart from next door’s dog) and a delightful place to spend a relaxing week. Dunc and Kate joined us for a number of days and of course we had to visit St Valery and Le Crotoy. St Valery has the wonderfully idiosyncratic...
by Trevor Millum | Aug 9, 2018 | Family, Gardens
A couple of big heads at Doddington Hall – and I’m not talking about us or our visitors… Just a couple of the two hundred or so exhibits in the gardens and outbuildings that make up the Sculpture Exhibition. The photo shows the more formal area; out...
by Trevor Millum | Jun 28, 2018 | Celebrations, Family, John Harrison
Our trip to the Deep South focused on Ramster Hall, just over the Sussex border in Surrey, where Tim and Helen celebrated their wedding. A grand do in a stunning setting – and great weather too. This, though, is a rare picture of us all dressed up. Steve and...
by Trevor Millum | Apr 6, 2018 | Family
The kitchen has been redecorated although, to the casual eye, it looks much the same. The tiles above the sink have just been replaced so the job is now officially completed. There were a few dramas, one of them sink related, when the tiles fell off the wall and broke...
by Trevor Millum | Mar 27, 2018 | Family, Gardens
Sylv and Beena sharing a log-bench with a carved otter in the grounds of Ushaw College, near Durham. The artist has also created a fox, a snake or serpent (it’s big) and a wonderfully lifelike badger – though I have yet to discover the name of the artist....
by Trevor Millum | Mar 20, 2018 | Family
Stopped by on my way from Greenwich to Kings Cross to meet Dan, who was prominent on the university lecturers’ picket at Senate House. The banner for the cleaners and ancillary workers’ union was prominently displayed too. Nice to meet a lot of his friends...
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