Travelling Round Tenerife. The Truth, Warts & all! Part 3.
A very long, busy day, but really interesting! We started with a visit to Siam shopping Mall. It really was Oriental looking. Apparently the Siamese have invested money in...
Harry’s Ramblings The Mystery of Flight.
Now that there are fewer planes in the sky, it has made me ask the question, how do planes stay up there in that great expanse of sky. Yes,...
Welsh Witterings. The Perfect Picnic
There is no lovelier way to...
SHELLY BEACH SNIPPETS No. 124 July, 2020.
Patricia Newell-Dunkley, photographs Reginald J. Dunkley Greetings from down under where the winter weather has been glorious, we have even had some good rain in areas where it...
St Tropez, top down, cruising effortlessly…you wouldn’t say ‘Non!’ to a Bentley!
IAIN ROBERTSON If there is one personal car that is guaranteed to open doors to high-end locations, it has to be a Bentley Continental Convertible by Mulliner and Iain...
Gareth Butterfield tests MG’s new ‘sweet spot’ the HS SUV.
EVERY now and again, you step into a car and it surprises you. It might be because of some outlandish new design feature, a clever piece of new tech,...
Tenerife Recipes
On my recent trip to Tenerife, we often had Gazpacho as a starter. I make Spanish Gazpacho regularly, but the Tenerife version had a different flavour, and eventually I...
Audi’s importance of being A3 earnest
IAIN ROBERTSON While Audi might argue that all of its models are important, Iain Robertson is of the opinion that none is more vital to the ‘Four Rings’ brand...
HeyHeyUp! Bilko’s Back – Bigger and Better!
Photos courtesy of Rob Tysall and Steve Everett. Ann Evans reports that Coventry’s Sgt. Bilko Vintage Emporium and Phil Silvers Archival Museum are back in business. Like...
Travelling Round Tenerife. The Truth, Warts & all! Part 2. Wednesday.
Extra note, added this morning. I’ve just heard on the news that quarantine is being enforced again on anyone returning to the UK from Spain, including the Canary Islands....
Rachel´s Wanderings in Spain – Masked, Hot and Busy
Our last break, and first for months – see What a Joy to Go on a Road Trip – seems forever ago. Since the country borders opened I am seeing foreign plated cars...
Nine months in, Suzuki Vitara remains a total sweetie
IAIN ROBERTSON Maintaining complete confidence in his choice of car and with 27 months left to run of its lease term, Iain Robertson reflects on his compact taller class...
Travelling Round Tenerife. The Truth, Warts & All! Part 1. Tuesday.
I’ve just returned from five days in Tenerife, and yes, Life has changed. I’m going to tell you what I loved, and also what I hated. My journey...
Harry’s Ramblings. Strange Words
by Harry Pope I thought I would share these with you. The space between your eyebrows is called a gabella The way it smells after the rain is called...
Nissan finally flips out with ‘all-new’ Ariya electric vehicle
IAIN ROBERTSON Poor old Nissan, the sometime Japanese carmaker that is heavily influenced by its French strategic partner, Renault, has taken an extraplanetary leap, reports Iain Robertson, into the...
Karl’s Chronicles Article 39 Cut to Service
“Very well-hewn churches excavated from the rock, the likes of which cannot be found anywhere else in the world… I weary of writing more about these buildings because it...
Myfonefix – and they did!
Isn’t it great when you can sing the praises of a local business that gives a really excellent, friendly personal service, and fixes your problem too! Nobody had managed...
The Most Iconic Motorcars
IAIN ROBERTSON While we are all ‘confined to quarters’ and seeking ‘interesting’ aspects of life, reports Iain Robertson, one of the UK’s largest car clubs has compiled a list...
Can you Solve Albert Einstein’s riddle?
Einstein’s impossible riddle…can you solve it? Here’s something a little different to occupy your mind while you’re at home. Now I’m not one to boast, modesty being one of...
My Bottled Tomatoes’ Progress & Tumbet Recipe
Recently I showed you how to grow tomato plants from just four slices of tomato. This produced nearly 60 tomato plants! And then I told you how to...
Harry’s Ramblings. Seaside Riots
by Harry Pope The Salvation Army responsible for riots in sedate south coast of England? Surely not, but yes, it did occur, against a background of temperance. In 1880...
Coping with Coronavirus 25. Stinging Nettles, Wonderful Plants that are good for Breathing Problems.
Gardeners regard nettles as a nuisance. But they are the most valuable and useful plant in the garden, if not the world! The Romans introduced the stinging nettle, or Urtica...
Miniatura’s Little Peep into the Future
Photos by Rob Tysall. The UK’s top dolls house show is hoping their Autumn Show will be a huge success, Ann Evans reports. Like so many shows...
Chill out on Gasparilla
Gasparilla Island, one of a string of barrier islands along the southwest Gulf Coast of Florida, is located between Fort Myers and Tampa. The island is named after the...
Rachel’s Wanderings in Spain. What a joy to go on a road trip!
What a joy to go on a road trip. Our first escape since January and first departure from Jaen province since lock down began. Heading due south our first...
Nine months in, Suzuki Vitara remains a total sweetie
IAIN ROBERTSON Maintaining complete confidence in his choice of car and with 27 months left to run of its lease term, Iain Robertson reflects on his compact taller class...
The Canary Islands Re-opens for Tourism. Our visit to La Palma
Several years ago we spent an interesting week on La Palma, which is re-opening in a week’s time for Tourism. After booking in to our hotel on La Palma,...
Harry’s Ramblings Sacked from my Local Paper
by Harry Pope Early in 1965 I landed my dream job. Junior reporter on my local paper. I was 17, had passed ‘O’ level English Language and English Literature,...
Taxi Noir: Going Back to Prison
I’m sure many of us are fantasising about re-visiting our favourite pubs, restaurants and hotels. I know I am; I can’t wait to get cracking. I’m particularly looking forward...
SHELLY BEACH SNIPPETS NO. 123 June, 2020.
Patricia Newell-Dunkley – Photographs Reginald J. Dunkley Greetings from down under where winter has finally arrived, cool crisp days and bright sunshine. Everywhere is still in lockdown and travel...
Very Funny! New Mask.
There’s humour in everything as this photos shows. I thought this was very funny. It’s good to see the bars and restaurants reopening and people enjoying themselves...
Book Reviews
IAIN ROBERTSON Continuing to delve into the latest offerings from the book publishing scene, Iain Robertson has discovered some true gems from the motor racing scene that he believes...
New Vauxhall Mokka shows EV intent to maximum effect
IAIN ROBERTSON While brinkmanship has been a fascinating tenet of PSA Group’s recent management activities, Iain Robertson suggests that nobody should be gulled into a belief that the Chinese-funded...
Book Reviews
IAIN ROBERTSON Thanks to being cloistered away over the past few months, it seems that our nation has become increasingly book savvy and Iain Robertson has reviewed some of...
Harry’s Ramblings How Close Is The Moon
by Harry Pope We are still here, so the asteroid that hurtled past the earth recently far faster than I can possibly comprehend has missed us. Again. But it...
Sussex Snake more than Doubles in Size!
Crowborough in Sussex has the most amazing new Memorial to the Coronavirus and everything else that has been happening lately. It’s a huge snake made up of painted stones....
Karl’s Chronicles Article 37 Temples in Ten – Part 1
Religion has always played a monumental part in shaping humanity, civilizations, politics, culture, dress and behaviour. In fact, it filters down through all levels of functioning society regardless...
In these tough times, let me put a VW eBulli smile on your face!
IAIN ROBERTSON While hardly a money-no-object exercise, writes Iain Robertson, sourcing a clean, original VW campervan, notably of the rare 20-window type, and then converting it from flat-four to...
Why the hell would anybody need ‘La Shed Electrique’ from Peugeot?
IAIN ROBERTSON The prospect of catching a jitney service between hotel and travel terminal, only for it to give up the ghost causing you to miss a vital connection...
Et voila! Renault Clio.
IT’S hard to believe that the first Renault Clios burst onto the scene, helped along by “Nicole” and her “Papa” in the TV adverts, 30 years ago. And just...