The postman's been and gone; now it won't be long before the New Year arrives with a bang. Back in 1945 when I was young you were prompted to make Prior to the revolution you might have even received a card (if you lived in Russia)... Read more

A Plum Job   Visitors to the Glastonbury Festival probably don’t give a thought to the fate of Richard Whiting. As an old man convicted of treason he was hung, drawn and quartered on Glastonbury Tor.   When Henry VIII and Tho... Read more

"Off all the trees that grow so fair, Old England to adorn, Greater are none beneath the Sun Than Oak, and Ash, and Thorn." (from A Tree Song by Rudyard Kipling: full poem/song at Kipling) Trees must be a favourite topic for me because this is my se... Read more

It's been a funny few weeks. Hopefully you will have seen my earlier Blog Power post and will have realised that I have been bathed in a warm glow ever since.   Then last week I had a marvellous example of blog piracy, to use a polite term for... Read more

Like many people over the last two days I have been trying to photograph the perigee moon without much success.   This is the best I could do:  

You never know how far your blog posts travel and who reads them. Some of you will remember my post on the Arena about Thomas Brown, the hero of the Battle of Dettingen in 1723. I posted a piece about him at http://bobscotney.blogspot.com/2010/04/va... Read more

If you have a photo album on on the web, view the photo you wish to upload. Right click on the photo, click Copy image location. Then on the New Post, Post Text box click the green tree in the toolbar at the top: in the box that appears paste ... Read more

  The Monte Carlo Rally is under way again. The Rally was created by Prince Albert I of Monaco 100 years ago in 1911. That first event featured 23 cars starting from 6 different cities; 16 cars completed the rally which was won by Henri ... Read more

Happy New Year to all Writelinkers. May all you wish for come true in 2011.  

It makes you wonder about traffic to your blog when my Hauntings in July post on this site has had 109 views. The same post on the old blog posted on the same date has had 208.