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Oliver Phillips »
Imagine the inconvenience of having to wear socks for the first time in six months
Posted on 12:50pm Friday 17th May 2013
After driving over 3000 miles from New Orleans, it was time to chill out for a couple of days in a town we had been to before. But they say you should never go back.
Adam Parsons »
Why (any) car's the star
Posted on 2:50pm Friday 10th May 2013
We were going through some old boxes this weekend, clearing away the collected debris of two decades of hoarding, and facing that terrible dilemma – having dutifully carried these things round for year upon year, can you finally face throwing them away?
Mike Wright »
Comment: County council election didn't really change anything
Posted on 2:43pm Friday 10th May 2013
The county election is over with the Tories bruised and the opposition strengthened. But is it anything more or less than business as usual?
Oliver Phillips »
We kept just half an hour ahead of the snow as it fell on Bryce Canyon
Posted on 12:00am Friday 10th May 2013
The prospect of being locked in by snow on the plateau above Bryce, threatened our USA tourist schedule.
Oliver Phillips »
They have names for every gulch, canyon and butte so we added a few more
Posted on 12:00am Friday 3rd May 2013
We just mapped a route in an effort to find a different way to getting to Bryce Canyon and it proved to be the most memorable 48 hours in the USA
Oliver Phillips »
Strange to see a school bus picking up children where John Wayne caught that stagecoach
Posted on 6:53am Monday 29th April 2013
Reflections on a trip to Arizona and Utah, taking in the magic of Monument Valley.
Oliver Phillips »
I have been involved in a six-month war with a very cussed opponent
Posted on 4:07pm Sunday 21st April 2013
Groves of bamboo look very pleasant in your garden but they are an entirely different proposition when you seek to remove them.
Mike Wright »
Comment: Is purple surge any more than a receptacle for protest votes?
Posted on 2:30pm Friday 19th April 2013
The most eye-catching development to emerge from county council elections so far is the dramatically beefed-up showing from the UK Independence Party in Watford and Three Rivers.
Adam Parsons »
Sacré bleu – why the French leave me cold
Posted on 10:47am Monday 15th April 2013
We've got plenty of sporting treasures round here. Not just Vicarage Road, but some staggeringly beautiful cricket grounds, football fields that stretch into the distance, excellent cycle paths, equestrian facilities, golf courses and ten-pin bowling.
Mike Wright »
Comment: And they're off - but some seem to have a head start
Posted on 10:37am Monday 15th April 2013
The starting pistol was fired on the county council elections this week. The candidates have been announced, manifestos have been launched and no doubt political leaflets have started landing on doormats throughout south west Hertfordshire.
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