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Curious and convoluted – calmgrove
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Exploring the world of ideas through books. Exploring the world of ideas through books. Grails, holy or otherwise. So many books: 2016 reading goals. 29 March, 2014. 21 June, 2014. Design by Nick Bristow / Chris Bristow. Resulted from a year he spent researching and people watching in Britain, and was published in Hungarian in 1934. The reluctant hero, Janos Bátky, is a Hungarian. I found this an entertaining novel, full of delightful touches to please any dilettante reader. As it drew towards its co...
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A cut above the ordinary – calmgrove
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Exploring the world of ideas through books. Exploring the world of ideas through books. Grails, holy or otherwise. So many books: 2016 reading goals. A cut above the ordinary. 26 October, 2014. 17 November, 2015. North is at the bottom). The first book of Pellinor. Orphan revealed as the Chosen One with the potential to upset the current world order. A second reading of. The Lord of the Rings. What post-Tolkien fantasy isn’t indebted to it? But Maerad is more proactive and more reflective and her charact...
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Arthuriana – calmgrove
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Exploring the world of ideas through books. Exploring the world of ideas through books. Grails, holy or otherwise. So many books: 2016 reading goals. A selection of Arthurian and related titles. The Journal of the Pendragon Society. Schlesinger, A and Walls, C, with J Kissock, C Lovegrove, K Pollard and N Wright 1995,. Excavations at Llanelen, Llanrhidian: an early church and medieval farmstead site. Gower, 46, 58-79. Worth consulting, even if well over forty years old:. King Arthur’s Avalon. King Arthur...
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From concept to script – calmgrove
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Exploring the world of ideas through books. Exploring the world of ideas through books. Grails, holy or otherwise. So many books: 2016 reading goals. From concept to script. 15 May, 2015. 14 May, 2015. There are lots of ways to tell a story. Literary fiction is what I’ve largely been focusing on but of course narrative began orally, no doubt with a lot of gesture and visuals! For a few weeks I outlined what I’d learnt from a Creating Writing course looking at the features of writing in genre —...
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So much road…the social aspect. | So much road, so little ability
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So much road, so little ability. So much road . . but will I ever start the journey? So much road…the social aspect. December 13, 2016. I’m not the kind of man who tends to socialise. And me. And apparently my brother, who said a thing to me recently. About something he told his neighbour once and has been never allowed to forget. About being friendly but not sociable. 8216;Ah yes, C , I remember. You’re friendly but not sociable! 8216;Can I introduce C? He’s…’. They might say, but what about. You don...
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So much, just up the road. V Twin Rally 2014. | So much road, so little ability
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So much road, so little ability. So much road not travelled…. So much road but not enough rubber →. So much, just up the road. V Twin Rally 2014. August 26, 2014. Here we are again, with another V Twin under our belts. The International V Twin 2014, then. This,. L’evento più illustre del calendario Moto Guzzi GB. Mmm, one of several Victories. Nice swoopy lines…. And flames, got to have flames…. Busy doing nothing…. Calista is allowed to appear twice. That'll just about do for now. Dad on a motorcycle.
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So much road but not enough rubber | So much road, so little ability
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So much road, so little ability. So much, just up the road. V Twin Rally 2014. So much road . . but will I ever start the journey? So much road but not enough rubber. June 5, 2015. Make your own decisions and live with the consequences. In the photos, the lady still looks an elegant machine, but she lives outside too much to stay pristine and is frankly a lot tatty. So there is a bit of primping to be done. I won But look how little rubber there is left on that centre line in the left pic. I thought ...
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Good book nook look – calmgrove
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Exploring the world of ideas through books. Exploring the world of ideas through books. Grails, holy or otherwise. So many books: 2016 reading goals. Good book nook look. 18 May, 2015. 17 May, 2015. Window seat with a view, the Black Mountains in the Brecon Beacons. From concept to script. Neither here nor there. 11 thoughts on “ Good book nook look. What a stunning view! And good to hear the builders have finally finished…. 18 May, 2015 at 11:30 am. Thanks, Sue, it’s certainly a relief! I would end up j...
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