Chronicle of a Croydon Boy

Good morning to all in the Land of Blog, the Land of Shimp, the Land of the Walking Man, Shadow's Land, the BeeKeepers Land (aka Beekers...

My apologies for lack of postings and for not visiting my favourite bloggers. Health problems in the Croydon Boy cottage have been the cause...

A friend in Australia sent me this recently. I think it's worth more than just a look. Audrey Hepburn wrote the following when asked to...

There's something odd about the following extract from a 50,000-plus word novel. Can you say what it is? If youth, throughout all his...

The heartache of the parents goes on, and on ... they will never give up their search for the daughter who was snatched from their lives ov...

Floors Castle in Kelso is the home of the 10th Duke of Roxburghe and family. This is a large estate with extensive grounds, cottages, stable...

Of all the modern wonders I wonder which, if any, you would like to get shot of? 1. The infernal combustion engine, i.e. the motor car. 2. T...

This is a video of a few years ago when Lord Haddington was interviewed by the local Scottish Borders TV about Hundy Mundy. His farm manager...

Today we had to go to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary as my wife, Patricia, has to see the lady doctor who will perform the angioplasty in a f...

October this year is beautiful in the Scottish Borders. Breezy at times but the blue skies and sunshine suits me perfectly. Love it like thi...

Our lives are too short to find every thing of beauty on this earth. If we lived a thousand years I guess we would still say something simil...

I may be breaking some rules (again) by posting this short video because it was produced not by me but by the British Broadcasting Corporati...

It's Thursday, October 1st 2009 and the weather is fine. Beautiful in fact. So I'm off for a stroll to another part of Mellerstain. ...

Taking a stroll in the gentle October weather I met some friends. Some sheep, some cattle and some mushrooms. Or maybe they were toadstool...

Do you know any Wwoofers? Anywhere? Neither did I until my neighbour, just 4 cottages away from ours decided to become one in April 2009. ...

I have a bit of a lower back problem today. Every so often something 'clicks' at the end of my spine. It is something I just have ...

Very sorry about the noisy traffic but that's life nowadays, wherever you live! Kelso Abbey would have been ab fab in days of yore. Star...

This is a short stroll through my untidy little back garden and to the east gates of Mellerstain House. Their gardens are much better kept t...

It is such a glorious day today I decided to wander around Mellerstain. Gordon Low, the gardener, was making out he was working. Ha! The Bum...

This is a monologue by the late, great Lord Bernard Miles. He was a much-loved actor and all-round jolly good chap. I was lucky enough to ...