A Miscellany from Deepest Kent

Autumn is upon us, meteorologically  at least, and my most recent 'cycling perambulation' began at Chiswick in West London. I decide...

It seems hard to believe that this is my first blog post of 2024 and it's nearly autumn already.  So what of 2024 so far? Following my a...

  I’ve taken five months off from writing, heeding the advice of (presumably) a distant relative Charles Caleb Colton, whose quote can often...

So far 2022 has been shaping up no better than 2020 or 2021, with the TV news increasing your likelihood of driving to the nearest cliff and...

[Last updated Dec 2023] Introduction to the Town The town of Ashford is centrally located in Kent and twinned with Hopewell in the US...

It was a drizzly Sunday in late July when I set off from Kent to Thetford in Norfolk where the forecast looked decidedly better. I normally ...

As the lockdown rules have changed a bit and we can now drive to different locations for exercise (in England), I've enjoyed several pl...

Spring is coming but winter wasn't really so bad. February presented us with the hottest winter temperature ever recorded in the UK. Whi...