January 2024. Royal Tunbridge Wells. On Monday morning the snow fell in the Weald of Kent, rather scuppering any plans to take my Father-in-Law out for a drive to Lewes. Shockingly, despite having a Conservative MP, the Government was, as usual, passive in their response to this crisis; Mrs RM was working on her blog,… Continue reading THE DAY THE SNOW FELL ON ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS
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THE VIEW FROM THE BLAKE
December 2023. Sheffield. Winter came early to Walkley, a layer of snow on Sunday scuppering any exciting travel plans we might have had (though oddly Manchester had escaped). The snow, which never seems to last long here (good), was clearing on Monday before I could emulate the Tynemouth Lodge’s Bass Snowman. By 4pm I’d done… Continue reading THE VIEW FROM THE BLAKE
USE THEM OR LOSE THEM
12th December 2022. A day after our return from Hull the snow came. If you’d followed the UK news you’d have thought we were fair set for the worst snowfall since 2010 1963, but although the local children managed to put up a snowman that morning, “just like that” !, it didn’t last the week.… Continue reading USE THEM OR LOSE THEM
ROCHDALE’S WINTRY SUBURBS
Bamford is an affluent suburban area (pop. 9,693) within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, says Wiki. It says nothing else, not even that it now has a GBG entry under its own name ! I almost skipped this diary entry, but I knew the Tand would want to hear about beer quality in his balliwick, and he might enjoy the… Continue reading ROCHDALE’S WINTRY SUBURBS
SNOW, PLUM PORTER, VAR
As the great BRAPA says in his latest post, “let’s face it, the ‘Beast from the East’ has been more like the ‘Kitten from Thames Ditton’ so far” Mrs RM is stuck in Berwick on Tweed as I write. I did suggest she get out and walk across the holiday park to the Free Trade… Continue reading SNOW, PLUM PORTER, VAR
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