Originally posted on Nick Baines's Blog:
This is the script of this morning’s Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme (written late last night after getting out of Parliament): I entered the chamber of the House of Lords yesterday afternoon, ready to lead prayers. A colleague came in and said there…
Month: March 2017
CLAPPER BRIDGES AND BODY DISMORPHIA
Yesterday Hub and I decided to take a break from our multifarious activities, and headed into the uplands of Dartmoor, with map in hand, determined to track down two ancient clapper bridges. A ‘clapper’ is a large flat slab of stone which is laid on posts to create the bridge. Postbridge on Dartmoor boasts the […]
WRONG ASSUMPTIONS
We took a mini-break last week, and went into Cornwall for three days. Ash Wednesday fell in that week, so we found ourselves a local church where we could join people for a Communion service and the traditional ‘ashing’. We arrived at a small village church right out in the sticks. We only expected a […]
