A Wayward Ewe
The ewe peered at me from the top of the bank. I thought she meant to come down into the road, and waved my arms to drive her back, but she did no more than bang her forefeet on......
Snow Tracks Snow On High Ground, The Forecast Said. We
can see the snow on the mountains right through the winter. It appears at the end of October, and is often visible on cold days in April. The snow we were promised came on the......
The Fruit Of Labour
In the garden things are dormant, but soon, in the first mild day or two, insect life will revive and begin to do its work. It is time to check that the trees are banded, to......
Cures For Hysteria
Bob is very proud of his dogs, two dun-coloured whippets. He poaches with them in the dark, and although they may be missing for a considerable time, when they return they bring......
Country Life
TALK in the neighbouring village was of sanitation and septic tanks. The scheme for bringing water to rural areas has made some of the local people more familiar with word......
Side-lights In Fog
SIR,—Both protagonists and antagonists of side-lights in fog seem to have overlooked the chief advantage of switching them on, which is to safeguard one's rear with a red light.......
South African Rugger
SIR,—I was interested in Mr. Mallalieu's account of a method of attack often practised by the South African Team, when Fry would kick the ball diagonally across the field and......
A B.r. Experience Sir, —it Has Recently Been My...
travel by British Railways from London to Weymouth en route to Guernsey. The journey took exactly six hours (an average speed of approximately 17 m.p.h.). For the first five......
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