Tag: Colsterworth

A FAMOUS APPLE TREE JUST OFF THE A1

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May 2025. Woolsthorpe Manor. Colsterworth. The weekly trips between Sheffield and Waterbeach get no more enjoyable in the eternal English sunshine. It’s a mental rather than physical drain, the sheer monotony of a 150 minute journey down the A1 with little prospect of a stop at Colsterworth McDonalds. Perhaps that National Trust membership, the true… Continue reading A FAMOUS APPLE TREE JUST OFF THE A1

AN OLD AND PECULIER BIRTHDAY FOR MRS RM

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December 2023. Colsterworth. Although not celebrated as widely and elaborately as Retired Martin Day (22 December, but you knew that), Mrs RM’s birthday two days earlier is also a day that needs to be commemorated with a blogpost. I’m not at liberty to tell you her age, but the day is sponsored in Heinz. And… Continue reading AN OLD AND PECULIER BIRTHDAY FOR MRS RM