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Blog 46 Correspondence

Here are some quotations from letters and faxes that I sent to Kate Cave of Frances Lincoln in 2005 in connection with the revision of The Eastern Fells. I have made changes to clarify which parts of the page are… Continue Reading →

Blog 45 Wainwright Facebook Group

In my 15th blog I quoted messages published in the Wainwright Facebook site between December 2018 and July 2020 in which I was involved. Here are some more messages that were published between July 2020 and January 2023. I have... Continue Reading →

Blog 44 Diary, October to December, 2022

Saturday, 1st October – Went by taxi to Glenridding to meet ten other members of the Wainwright Society and two dogs for a walk to Keldas and Grisedale. It seems to me that the people and the dogs enjoyed the… Continue Reading →

Blog 43 Geography and other things

In my 9th blog I mentioned some interesting information about distant places that I have read about from time to time. Here are some more: The Mediterranean, Black, Caspian and Aral Seas are all remnants of the Tethys Ocean, which… Continue Reading →

Blog 42 Ancient history and other things

Ancient history Here are some interesting facts in this field that I have read about over the years: In a book about Mastermind I read that in 1130 B.C. Brutus, the grandson of Aeneas of Troy, became the first king… Continue Reading →

Blog 41 Diary July to September, 2022

Following on from Blog 38, here is a slightly shortened version of my diary for the third quarter of 2022: Friday, 1st July – From November last year until April this year the number of visits to my website were… Continue Reading →

Blog 40 The Standard of Living and other things

The Standard of Living In 2006 I read that the average standard of living in Britain was three times as high as it was fifty years before, although I have never seen this mentioned anywhere else. I believe that the… Continue Reading →

Blog 39 History and other things

The times when I can think clearly continue to become shorter and rarer, and my memory continues to get worse. At the same time I feel as happy now as I have ever been. I enjoy spending most of my… Continue Reading →

Blog 38 Diary, April to June, 2022

Following on from Blog 35, here are some quotations from my diary for the second quarter of 2022. The photograph referred to in my diary for 8th June can be seen here. The relevant part of my own panorama can be… Continue Reading →

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