Stokesay
‘I praise god and ever shall / It is the sheep hath paid for all.’ (Wool merchant memorial) Stokesay is rightly acknowledged to be one of the finest surviving fortified manor houses in England, and we were keen to savour a return visit on this holiday. The castle was built between 1285 – 91 for…
Border Lines
A packed five days away on the Welsh Border where Shropshire, Radnorshire and Herefordshire intertwine. Our base a lovely B&B in a Georgian house in the village of Bucknell. One of the location’s attractions to me is its location on the Heart of Wales line. https://www.heart-of-wales.co.uk/ This 120 mile much loved rural railway, dating from…
Bremenium
Thought I’d celebrate being 75 last week by taking a walk at a place often driven past while heading over the border via Carter Bar. We started at ‘The Last Café in England’, something of a local institution, on the A68 in Rochester village. Coffees with a bacon butty, made deli style with focaccia bread,…
Saving Public Telephony
I got a call this week from a stranger in a phone box on the Isle of Lewis. Well, not a stranger so much as a fellow arts worker I’d never met. Although in many ways I feel I do know him, having worked happily with his archetype before. Let’s just say we’re fellow travellers…
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STEPHEN TOMLIN 