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Working in the offshore wind industry
Working in the offshore windfarm industry for the last ten years has been quite an interesting experience, to be part of a young industry where
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The Landrover
I purchased my first land rover about eleven years ago. It was an old discovery series one 300 TDI. I had no thoughts of doing
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The Lake District
I have been visiting the Lake District for about forty years, my first serious visit being the Keswick to Barrow walk whilst I was in
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The Garden House
I first visited the garden house at Yelverton, Devon in the spring of 2018 after one of my dog walking friends recommended it to me,
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The Fishing Industry
I did not come into the working offshore side of the fishing industry until my late thirtys. Before that i was in the Royal Navy
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Sunny Autumnal day out at RHS Rosemoor, Devon
It was coming to the end of Ocotber and i think that it must have been raining for most of the last few weeks. Feeling
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Oncology
Thats what them bird watching people do isn’t it, ???? Oncology, Ornothology do they really sound similar, well they both start with a O and
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Gardening Leave
Gardening leave, I thought that is the term used for high rollers who have been farmed out to pasture because they were past their sell
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Colonopscopy
Back at the beginning of October i presumed it was getting near that time and sure enough, the letter dropped through the letter box informing