nice one, go steady in the home turf. D

will drop an email to you - D

I fell off a roof with similar results

an outpouring of collective energy, something to reflect on.

A time of 'moral conviction', which quickly passed and now seems little more than a faded memory to those old enough to remember it.
I wonder if we'll see its like again?

Night Garden, is a great program though

looks like an episode of University Challenge! Perhaps it was, who knows these days.

thanks Steve, a bit out of the ordinary but start of an idea dc x

I'm with you on that.
the trouble is there's a small mountain of stuff to go through - these days I feel like a small snail with a very heavy shell.
ah well, that's life!

yes & disengaging in many ways. However culture,being fluid, is throwing up (literally and metaphorically) new forms of expression at a pace, which makes for an interesting time.
Meanwhile, carry on being oneself & stay sane.
Spent yesterday sitting on a tump looking at a huge rockface. geo- time.

Coal tips etc and moorland are what I was born into.
but a happy retreat now and sanctuary for wildlife from the
hawks to tiny grubs. regards dick.

I've lived in this valley for half my life now and have a love of the area, now a sheep farm and wasteland but once an industrial hive. something poetic but also representative of the greater economic and social change during my 70 odd years.

hi Simon, good to hear from you, and to have a look at your Ebbw Vale material and excellent wordpress text. I've been meaning to drop you a note regarding it.
I worked with Steve at Hereford and admire him greatly as an author and person.