-
Recent Posts
Archives
- September 2022
- July 2022
- May 2022
- March 2022
- January 2022
- November 2021
- September 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- September 2020
- June 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- April 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- September 2017
- November 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- May 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- October 2015
- August 2015
- January 2015
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- January 2014
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- October 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
Categories
Meta
Category Archives: gone west
The last Port Eliot Festival?
I was surprised at how much I enjoyed what may easily be the very last Port Eliot Festival.There was a look and feel and smell amid and among the rolling grounds, woodland and elegant Port Eliot House and gardens … Continue reading
Posted in gone west, media, travel, Uncategorized
1 Comment
An Inconvenient Truth – the end of the high street just a click away
Don’t you ever think convenience is, well, getting out of hand. What began as convenient – tv dinners for those too rushed to peel the potatoes stepped up a level to embrace teas-mades and bread-makers. Then supermarkets to save the … Continue reading
Posted in gone west, shopping, Uncategorized
1 Comment
I remember monkey bottles, kangaroo tails, and Frank Ifield
I am fortunate to have worked through a period in journalism when the gifts, the perks – the freebies to apply the correct journalistic parlance – were worth having. My diary is housed within a handsome Papyrus leather book … Continue reading
Posted in gone west, London, media, Seashores, travel, Uncategorized
4 Comments
The Price Of Fame
It’s flattering to receive an exclusive invitation, especially one from a Michelin rated chef. It reaffirms one’s faith in elitism, that select order of hedonists that has has a lot of bad press recently for being too clever and influential … Continue reading
Posted in gone west, media, shopping, Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Vandals at work – the death of the bungalow
There soon won’t be any 1930s bungalows left. While conservation groups, local authorities and investors, watched closely by the likes of English Heritage, take pains to preserve ancient cottages as well as properties from the Victorian and Georgian eras anything … Continue reading
Posted in gone west, London, Uncategorized
Leave a comment
A good day for Tilly
Little Tilly will never know how close she came to never enjoying another beach walk. Today, September 4, 2017, was to have been the Staffordshire Bull Terrier’s last. No more runs on Harbour Cove with Asta, her jaws clenched ever … Continue reading
Posted in Dogs, gone west, Seashores, Uncategorized
1 Comment
Raise a glass to Gilbert, and Ronaldo
Watching the France versus Portugal final of the European Football Championships it occurred to me that my limited knowledge of that nation extends to fortified wine, pasteis de nata, and just one single person. I’ve travelled to the far west … Continue reading
Posted in gone west, Seashores, Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Gone Awall
I have built a wall. Alright, not a very big wall, about six foot long, two feet high and 18 inch deep, but a wall nonetheless; requiring sand and cement, shuttering, a spirit level, a trowel and back breaking application. … Continue reading
Posted in gone west, health, Uncategorized
Leave a comment
The drinker I didn’t know
It’s quiet living by the sea. Alright, it can seem a bit like London Fields during the height of the summer season when the Camel Trail teams with cyclists and every doorstep and bench is occupied by someone eating a … Continue reading
Posted in gone west, Seashores, travel
Leave a comment
jonathan futrell 