The average Dorset resident gets 28 days of paid holiday time off per year. The temptation to use all of that time in one lump and travel the world is always there. But, how would you finance such an endeavour? There are plenty of tips for getting your money...
Winter is on its way, the temperatures have dropped, the daylight hours are limited and this usually means one thing; the bike has a long earned hibernation in the garage or shed until the first glimpses of spring. However it doesn’t have to be this way, with some carefully...
Apologises for my lengthy absence but unfortunately (or rather fortunately) I have been busy on the continent, predominately in Italy, France and Holland and all preoccupied by pedalling, obviously. Normally I would find the whole travelling lark a breeze, however as I get older I find it increasingly tortuous....
It has been confirmed that two men have died in a crash of a light aircraft east of Compton Abbas Airfield near Shaftesbury.At 9.28am today, Saturday 26 August 2017, it was reported to Dorset Police that the Tiger Moth had come down and smoke was seen.Emergency services attended the...
"I don't mind the persecution of the disabled and the disadvantaged; the growing poverty and homelessness; the privatisation of our schools, our hospitals, the NHS and the dismantling of the welfare state; the sale of publicly-owned assets to their chums at knock-down prices; the tax-breaks for the wealthy while...
How many kilograms you will lose just watching this I cannot say but it is just brilliant. Share it and bring sunshine to everyone's lives. Douglas James
We have all threatened it, it can’t be that difficult, can it? Personally, touring with or without canvas has over the years seemed like an impossible task, the idea of stowing a tent or a mass of clothing, no matter how small with the associated outdoors paraphernalia has seemed...
Everything is possible. Nothing is possible. Nothing hurts any more, until the consequences crash through the screen. Immersed almost permanently in virtual worlds, we cannot check what we are told against tangible reality. Is it any wonder that we live in a post-truth era, when we are bereft of...
April is a fantastic month for stargazing the in the UK: It still gets dark relatively early, and the nights aren’t as cold as they were only a couple of weeks before. For me, though, the real highlights of the night sky in April are the constellations of Virgo...
I like to think of myself as a rather rational fella, I’m usually not superstitious. The whole idea of ghosts, paranormal activity, star signs, clairvoyants, Mystic Meg and Russell Grant doesn’t really register on my slightly laidback radar. However this is completely turned on its head when it comes...
