There’s a strange bit of weatherlore today, for according to Maypoles, Martyrs & Mayhem, it’s said that September 15th ‘will be fine, six years out of seven’…
14 September 2020 – The Devil’s Nutting Day
Have you ever wondered why the knobs on the cords of your blinds are often acorn shaped? No me neither, not a second thought. But…
13 September 2020 – The Ides of September
The whole place smells of mixed spice. And I am in heaven. Today I’ve been making Suffolk fourses cakes, which are less like cakes, and…
12 September 2020 – Newent Onion Fayre
Well. I’m never doing that again. It’s the Newent Onion Fayre in Gloucestershire today, or it would have been blah, blah, blah. The annual Newent…
11 September 2020 – Under The Bed
Went down to the beach today to get me some seawater, for it’s said that if you put a glass of salt water under your…