Monthly Archives: December 2014

Getting Ready for 2015

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Francis Pryor

Since last year we’ve decided to lamb rather later than in the past – which means that we put the rams in with the ewes late in October and expect our first lambs in mid-to-late March (the actual date this … Continue reading →

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The Accidental Shopkeeper

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Francis Pryor

It’s not often that you read a book and realise that you are holding history in your hands. And I don’t want that to sound pretentious: I can’t imagine for one moment that The Accidental Shopkeeper, by Patrick Limming, will … Continue reading →

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I Love The Country

Posted on December 6, 2014 by Francis Pryor

I started writing this around six in the morning when I had to get up to take a very powerful antibiotic. That’s because at 3.30 this afternoon I’m going to Kings Lynn hospital to have my sixth prostate biopsy. I … Continue reading →

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Missed Posts, 1: Puppytime

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Francis Pryor

What a year! I don’t think I’ve ever been so busy as I was in 2014. Completely lunatic. Absolutely mad. You might have thought that after damn-near 70 years (in 6 weeks) on this planet, I would have learnt to … Continue reading →

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