On first reading Thomas Hardy. For more about Ben, log on to the online cultural magazine LeftLion.

THE DAY I DISCOVERED A NEW WORD. At first I though it was a typo, but then I looked it up. I read it in an article about taking risks and the sentence said;. 8220;Help us to step out into adventure and liminality. Where real growth most often occurs. What does it mean? Well Wikipedia says;. It is the quality of ambiguity o. But what does that mean? .

Around the UK in 75 campsites. The fully updated second edition of Tiny Campsites. Unveils 75 of the very best campsites in Britain - every one of them an acre or smaller, and each guaranteed to take you far from the madding crowd.

The Handyman Voyeur, you may have noticed, has not written for while. This is because he is no longer working as a handyman. While this may leave more employment opportunities for his South London competitors, it generally dismisses any chance of meeting potential blog subjects. Thanks for reading and stay tuned. The woman who lived there led me to the corridor where I was to set up the Family Photo Wall.

A slow, meandering attempt to complete a round of all the MBA bothies in Scotland. Been a bit of a whirlwind week in which I have suddenly acquired a national profile. What can you do? The next day I spent over an hour on the phone, and the chat went amazingly well, and by mid afternoon I had also posed for some photos in the National Library of Scotland, trying to look bookish and learned. And the piece came out on Sunday, a centrefold spread no less. This entry was posted in day trips.