Prometheus in Aspic

 I've just returned from a most pleasant weekend trip; I travelled to visit Baron Stryker and his lovely wife on their Northern estates....

 Travelling again - my life seems to have taken on an unfamiliar level of sophistication, not to mention luxury. I have just returned from t...

 Excellent day out yesterday; I drove up north to Stryker's estates, for one of his fabulous Napoleonic extravaganzas. Waterloo re-revis...

 Very nice too - I hadn't suddenly come up with a death wish, I went to a gig in Glasgow last night. I was at the Queen's Cross Chur...

 Last week I visited Liverpool, with one of my sons. Although it is my home town, it had been six years since my previous trip there.   Tour...

 After some rather hectic weeks of trying to plug holes in dykes, I am pleased to be able to say that I have managed to get my mother safely...