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August 2026 (Water, Water Everywhere)

I’m not going to lie August is normally my least favourite month. Tourists are everywhere, children are running around and it rains more than you think it should. Unless your livelihood depends on those tourists I suspect most people feel the same who live in a ‘holiday destination’. Normally we just stay home but this…

July 2026 (Something & Nothing)

I can best describe July as meh… and that meh doesn’t even deserve the effort of capitalisation. I think the weather has had a part to play but with 3 days to go it’s cloudy and cooling, at least in the mornings, so I thought I better make an effort and write something. Lyn and…

June 2026 (Island In The Sun)

When an email dropped into my inbox looking for volunteers to work on Lundy Island for a couple of days, it implied that it would be oversubscribed. And after a week had passed of when they would select people and I’d had no notification, I naturally assumed I had not been picked. I’d expected as…