For the same reason don't ever be tempted to struggle up the Appalachian Trail to the summit of Mount Washington. But the one time I scaled Yr Wyddfa the caff was being rebuilt and the train wasn't r… (View Post)

As Wilson wryly observed soon after, "It was time to give way to an older man". (View Post)

I'd hate to think Vanilla remembers all the comments I had second thoughts about before it was too late. They'd probably outnumber the visible ones. (View Post)

I remember my heart leapt with anticipation when Lady G. started posting on here. Just another of life's bitter disappointments. (View Post)

In the days when I had a pied-à-terre in Canonbury I'd walk back from the West End after the theatre, stopping for a nightcap at the Museum Tavern and another at the King's Head. Now both places clos… (View Post)