The Harry and Meghan Saga
I have desperately being trying to avoid the Harry/Meghan soap opera. But with publication of Harry's book "Spare" it is impossible as it seems to fill every type of media and all the news...
View ArticleBudget Secrets
Back in the day" nobody but a few close advisors knew what was going to in the Chancellor's budget. The cabinet were only told a few hours before and people resigned if a "budget secret" was...
View ArticleThought for the Day!
Here's a thought for the day - if the world needs to go green before 2030/50 (1) have you stopped to work out the tonnage of: Silver, Copper, Lithium, Gold, Platinum, Palladium and rare earth...
View ArticleThe slow ending of Amateur Rugby?
For sometime now it has been my belief that the Rugby Football Union wants to do away with amateur rugby. That it would like to move to the American Football model of the game just being played at...
View ArticleRugby - a once great game slowly fading away
I think that one aspect that many forget is that rugby was never designed to be a spectator sport. I know that we cannot go back to the "good old days". But when my dad was taking me to Twickenham back...
View ArticleVirgin to Sky!
For various reasons, mainly increasing in price I decided that I was leaving Virgin Media and joining Sky for TV, Broadband and TV. I am now, eventually, on Sky and this is the Saga!!Leaving Virgin was...
View ArticleA Reflection on Pope Francis
During the past hundred years the proportion of Catholics has remained fairly steady at about 16% of the world's population which has more than trebled. However, the centre of balance of the Church...
View ArticlePhillip Schofield - A sad reflection on life today
Phillip Schofield - I wonder what is driving the widespread tabloid coverage? Why the prurient interest in his life? What has his brother's conviction got to do with things - he appears to be...
View ArticleMy Godson is Fund raising - please help if you can.
My Godson, Joseph Taylor, is raising funds to enable him to go to the World Scout Jamboree in Korea. He needs to raise £4000. The money is not only to pay for his trip, but also to part fund a less...
View ArticleHouse Prices
There is a great deal in the media about the decline in house price inflation and the fact that in some areas the price of housing is in decline. I couldn't give a damn about the valuation of my...
View ArticleUnhappy Times
These are not happy times. Across the West, the vast majority of voters are fed up with the status quo, furious at the political class and desperate for alternatives. They believe society to be...
View ArticleRussel Brand
It appears that he is/was a loud obnoxious character who glorified in "bedding" as many woman as possible. We may think that his behaviour is reprehensible and that he should be avoided at all costs,...
View ArticleThe Boat People
The news is full of stories relating to boat people, Rwanda, International Law, has Rishi done enough or has he gone too far? There is no doubt that there are lot of problems in the good ship the...
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Barry and Julia Christmas Letter 2023
We are all still the right side of the grass! As we get older this is sadly not always the case with our friends and family. Early in the year we travelled to Norfolk for the funeral of our cousin...
View ArticleOne Hundred Years of the Mellish Family and Westcombe Park RFC
It is May 2024 and it was about a 100 years ago that the Mellish family first became involved with ‘Combe. Nobody quite knows when three brothers Tom, John and Bill Mellish first joined and started...
View ArticleWhy We play the game
When the battle scars have fadedAnd the truth becomes a lieAnd the weekend smell of linimentCould almost make you cry.When the last rucks well behind youAnd the man that ran now walksIt doesn’t matter...
View ArticleGeneral Election 2024 - Time to change the voting system?
Well, the election is done and dusted and with only a handful results to be declared a few things are patently obvious, to me at least:1. The Tories were routed with only 24% of the vote. 2....
View ArticleWhen death does stalk the barren land,
When death does stalk the barren land,The stench of rotting carcases risesThrough the pale watery lightOf the dying sun All around is the decay of a dying civilisation.Hypocrisy rules as leaders...
View ArticleFarmers and Inheritance Tax
I am somewhat confused by the furore over the inheritance tax bill that will fall on farmers. If I understand correctly (and I sometimes don't). The government is saying that it will only affect...
View ArticleModern Times!!
I am obviously further out of touch with modern life than I realised. As regular readers of my FaceBook posts will know last Saturday my youngest son took me to Twickenham to see England v South...
View ArticleWhat's the point of Ruby Football?
The world has changed since I was a youngster some 70 years ago when, holding my dad’s hand, he took me to watch rugby every Saturday afternoon. He had officially retired from playing but was all too...
View ArticleThe real existential question for 2025
What will happen sooner; The End of the World or the completion of HS2?Happy New Year
View ArticleWho is responsible for the single old folk?
I have a situation with an elderly cousin, or rather elderly widow of a cousin of mine. We are coping more less OK; but this situation is I suspect not uncommon and is part of what I feel is a major...
View ArticleA personal reflection on Pope Francis (Written 2nd March 2025)
As I write this Pope Francis is seriously ill in hospital and the Catholic world is praying for him. During the past hundred years or so the proportion of Catholics has remained fairly steady at about...
View ArticleBack in the Days
Back in the days of tanners and bobs, When Mothers had patience and Fathers had jobs. When football team families wore hand me down shoes, And The T.V had only two channels to choose Back in the days...
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