Category Archives: Seashores

I remember monkey bottles, kangaroo tails, and Frank Ifield

Posted on November 28, 2018 by j futrell

  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 →

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when is a bookshop not a bookshop? when it’s in Hastings.

Posted on February 15, 2018 by j futrell

We hadn’t gone to Boulevard Books with a view to buying something to read. The thing is this secondhand bookshop in the centre of Hastings Old Town mutates into a Thai restaurant after dark and despite the walls in our … Continue reading →

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A good day for Tilly

Posted on September 4, 2017 by j futrell

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 →

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Raise a glass to Gilbert, and Ronaldo

Posted on July 18, 2016 by j futrell

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 →

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The drinker I didn’t know

Posted on October 25, 2015 by j futrell

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 →

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Dispatches to Sir Kev 28.01.2015 – bone idle

Posted on January 28, 2015 by j futrell

Dear Sir Kev, Sincere apologies for not writing sooner. I have no excuses, such as too much HSD (that’s beer), or I’ve been worked off my feet, or there’s no internet here in the south west, or even – nothing … Continue reading →

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Dispatches to Sir Kev 21.04.14

Posted on April 21, 2014 by j futrell

Dear Sir Kev, I hope you won’t object but I thought of you the other day as a peloton of rangy cyclists in brightly coloured branded Lycra wear sped past the house where I was spending the Easter weekend. And … Continue reading →

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Rock ‘n Soil

Posted on May 2, 2012 by j futrell

A long long time ago Crackington Haven, a vertiginous fold on north Cornwall’s north coast, south west of Bude, lay at the foot of a range of mountains. A lot has changed during the 350 million years (or thereabouts) since … Continue reading →

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Me, Cornwall, 13 women and Fulham Football Club

Posted on April 1, 2012 by j futrell

The first Cornish Beach I ever stood upon was Mawgan Porth, on the north coast, roughly mid-way between Padstow and Newquay. It was 1978 or 79, and I remember the tall cliffs at both end and the white tessellated holiday … Continue reading →

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Kim’s Work On Sale In Fowey

Posted on February 27, 2012 by j futrell

This week Kim secured a second outlet for her painted and embroidered beach scenes, that until now have only been available through Sarah Adams’ Padstow Studio. Henceforth Kim’s work will be showcased at the Fowey River Gallery, a large, two … Continue reading →

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