Andy Fellowes is a decent enough chap. He climbed the ladder to the top of the Cirencester Bugle without making too many enemies along the way. But I can't say I was prepared for the tirade of abuse that was waiting for me from Andy on my ansaphone..
Topics: August, Beaumont, Cirencester, Expecting Rain

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When most people think of a ‘holiday’, I doubt it would involve two days of hard labour trying to whip a garden into shape. If you live in a garden-less flat for most of the time, however, the chance to pose as Mellors and get down to a bit of hard..
Topics: Bergerac, Gardening

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When the Cirencester Chronicle invited me to write a few pieces about my summer sojourns, I was sceptical at first. What Bill Blunt gets up to on his holidays doesn’t usually make for scintillating reading, and I wasn’t convinced that the good...
Topics: Cirencester, France, holidays

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It is with a heavy heart that I have learned that my old mucker and internet comrade, Mystic Veg, has decided to hang up his trowel and retire from writing his blog. For more than two years, Mystic has charmed us with his tales from the allotments of...

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Courtesy of the wonders of modern technology, here's a clip of a video taken at yesterday's Miners' Gala in Durham. Don't ask me how it got here - that's all down to Jasper's wizardry with the computer.
Topics: 11 July 2009, Durham, Durham Big Meeting, Durham Miners' Gala Photos, Jasper

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