I thoroughly enjoyed Michael Portillo's three series broadcast on BBC2 and entitled "Great British Railway Journeys". Like all good things the final series ended last week and this event has left a temporary void in my early evening's viewing enjoyment. I say temporary as I have invested in the boxed DVD sets covering Series 1 and Series 2 and so I ( Read more... )

The Queen's Head Inn at Icklesham was voted Sussex Pub Of The Year for 2005 by CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) and I can now wholeheartedly endorse that accolade. Ros and I enjoyed lunch here last Saturday with a friend of ours visiting from the Netherlands ( Read more... )

This year sees the 90th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme and the cemeteries and memorials on the Somme will be the focus of intense media attention this July. This has got me thinking again. I have been researching my family history for some time and have a great-uncle, Sydney Arthur Watts, who was a private in the Buffs (East Kent Regiment ( Read more... )