A shell-shocked squaddie climbed out of his trench and ran away from the front. After a while he was intercepted by an officer. "Sorry, captain, just can't take it any more." "I&#… (View Post)

The first episode was bookended by the murders of JFK the day before and Lee Harvey Oswald the day after. Traipsing to the rugby field on Monday morning (we had a brutal timetable that year) all the … (View Post)

I've been trying to avoid media for the last 12 days but some of it seeps through. Didn't the King's very first address to the nation refer to Harry and Meghan 'making their home … (View Post)

Yes, there's a much older crossing over the Dee down in the bottom of the valley and the village on the ridge that overlooks it - Froncysyllte - probably predates the aqueduct. Walking the ODP a… (View Post)

Pontcysyllte literally means 'connecting bridge' - which is a bit obvious because that's what most of them do. (View Post)