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BOOKS

Posted on November 3, 2017 by fordhollow74

On a recent visit to London I spent time in Waterstones bookstore on Piccadilly: five floors of books, who knows how many tons of books, never mind the number. Tons of books, the thought is intimidating, not least in the … Continue reading →

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Man Booker

Posted on September 24, 2017 by fordhollow74

October brings the 2017 Man Booker prize awards after the short list of the six novels was announced in September. By chance, when the long list came out earlier, I heard an interview on the radio with Fiona Mozley, a … Continue reading →

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BIRCHLAND HALL

Posted on September 7, 2017 by fordhollow74

BIRCHLAND HALL, my second novel, is now independently published on Amazon as a paperback and Kindle e-book. Although the ideas behind the novel have been in my mind for some time, I only got down to serious writing this year, through … Continue reading →

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MONTHS PASSING

Posted on August 17, 2017 by fordhollow74

I made no posts in June or July. My only excuse is the I have been busy bouncing edits to and fro with my editor progressing my second novel, ‘BIRCHLAND HALL, toward publication in September. I’m now waiting for a … Continue reading →

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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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