Unmitigated England

A very merry Christmas, and a happy New Year to all my readers. 

So, farewell then Ronnie Biggs. The BBC must collectively be going "Well I never", considering the boost this news gives their ...

So, it's Saturday and I'm on top of a hill in a disused radar station, remote on the North Downs above Bearsted in Kent. Nearby i...

This is the time of the year I go rummaging in the woods. Seeing if a shaft of early morning sunlight will search through the lessening c...

So, there we were bowling down the A303 on the way to Cornwall, more of which later. Suddenly we came to a screeching halt at the end of ...

On Sunday afternoon the skies above Bedfordshire were awash with vapour trails and echoing with the evocative engine noises accompanyi...

The good news today is that the Crystal Palace may be built again on Sydenham Hill in South London. Almost the only thing left of the o...