Author Archives: fordhollow74

DUNKIRK

Posted on August 14, 2017 by fordhollow74

Last week I went to see the film ‘Dunkirk’. It was at a small cinema, an afternoon showing in the second week. There were less than twenty people watching. Looking round I guessed I was the only one there alive … Continue reading →

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HOUSE MARTINS, AGAIN.

Posted on May 31, 2017 by fordhollow74

I can’t let May 2017 pass by without mentioning, again, the House Martins that have flown back to Fordhollow. How many of these are from last year’s brood (or broods, we think there were two hatched from the one nest)? … Continue reading →

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SPRINGTIME

Posted on May 11, 2017 by fordhollow74

Canna, my dog named after the Hebridean island, is good at scenting. The other day she stopped pointing into the fresh grown long grass. Close examination showed the chequered plumage of a hen pheasant, unmoving, flat to the ground. Sadly, … Continue reading →

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MAY 5th

Posted on May 5, 2017 by fordhollow74

The fifth of May is in my memory from schooldays when the first swifts arrive back from their African migration, usually picked up first from their whistling calls, then seen in their wheeling flight arcing round the Abbey and ham … Continue reading →

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BROADBAND

Posted on May 4, 2017 by fordhollow74

Changing times; yesterday morning here at Fordhollow we were lucky if we could see a broadband download speed of 1Mbps. By midday we had a download speed of 30Mbps! We have had to cope with the broadband oddities of living … Continue reading →

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BIRCHLAND HALL

Posted on March 18, 2017 by fordhollow74

My second novel is complete, in terms of a ‘final’ draft MS. Now it is time to put it on one side for a short period, then get back to it for review, revision and third party edit. BIRCHLAND HALL … Continue reading →

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WALKING BOOK CLUB

Posted on February 24, 2017 by fordhollow74

Since I studied Creative Writing at Middlesex University fifteen years ago I have been in several Writing and Book Groups. One of the most enterprising is the Walking Book Club set up by Number Seven Dulverton, the book and arts shop … Continue reading →

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SANDSCAPE: the movie

Posted on February 22, 2017 by fordhollow74

We are nearly there, despite Somerset Film and the Engine Room’s immense workload there is a close to final version of Sandscape Artist, now titled SANDSCAPE on YouTube. It can be seen HERE.

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HOLY MOLEY

Posted on February 22, 2017 by fordhollow74

What Underground organization  is at work beneath the fields? At a rough count there must be fifty molehills in this picture, and that is only part of it; there are at least five times as many overall – two hundred … Continue reading →

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2016

Posted on December 31, 2016 by fordhollow74

2016 pass quietly into this dark night, albeit there is a second to add to your number. The world is a different place for your passing. Things have happened and we are set on a different course. Who is the … Continue reading →

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