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Wednesday 1 September 2021
Decadence
September is fully booked. Right to the end of the month. On the writing side, I have a month to sort out a completed second draft of Gobble. Towards the end of the month I am heading up to the Norfolk Broads where I hope to spend time with my daughter, who I haven't seen in nearly 2 years because of the current health climate. Whilst there, I hope to find some decent atmosphere to help inspire an actual ghost story from scratch, something I have long sort to do but is yet to materialise. Finally, I am going to create a wildlife pond for my magickal garden. You can find details of this latter project over on magickalgardening.co.uk. In the meantime, let's get the month off to a good start with a bit of sheer decadence - having a nice a mug of tea in the bath:.
Friday 27 August 2021
Monday 28 December 2020
Thursday 24 December 2020
Tuesday 17 December 2019
Sunday 15 December 2019
The Treasure of Abbot Thomas
Our Christmas tree went up today :) And feeling in the Christmas spirit, I spent the wee small of this night watching old BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas, whilst outside a gale and icy showers did their best to add to the atmosphere :)
Monday 9 December 2019
Christmas Eve on a Haunted Hulk
I spent this afternoon reading Frank Cowper's 'Christmas Even on a Haunted Hulk'. This was definitely the best story out of my first batch of Christmas ghost stories to read, followed closely by M.R. James'classic 'The Signalman'. Out of the three books, only one disappointed, that being Algernon Blackwood's 'The Empty House'.
A Perfect Winter's Afternoon Read |
Feet Up, Reading 'Christmas Eve on a Haunted Hulk' |
These are great little books,which can be read in about half an hour each. The are feature some pretty cool graphic art by the cartoonist Seth. I will definitely be purchasing more of the titles in that range to read for Christmas 2020!
Monday 11 November 2019
Sunday 13 October 2019
Beachcombing at Hakin
I have been truly spoiled on our weekend retreat :) Taking stroll along the cove below our weekend holiday cottage (pictured below), I was delighted to discover the place was a beachcomber's dream!
Yours truly beach-combing in Hakin |
Hakin Cove - a beach-comber's dream |
A Portuguese Man o' war |
Close-up of the Portuguese Man o' war |
A large chunk of black sea-glass |
And the rarities did not stop there! Check out this beautiful piece of yellow sea-glass I happened upon there too!
Rare yellow sea-glass found at Hakin Cove |
Close-up of my yellow sea-glass discovery |
Amber sea-glass |
Amber sea-glass |
I found this one first - a glass marble, which would have originally been found within a vintage cod-neck drink's bottle.
And just a few metres away from this lovely find, I stumbled across this beautifully frosted gaming sea-marble. Just look at the weathering on this gorgeous item - the marble would have needed to have been tumbled in the sea for a good few decades to get that degree of frosting:
A gorgeously frosted sea marble |
My two sea marble finds from Hakin Cove |
And lastly, there was this odd little find:
An odd little find along the shore-line of Hakin Cove |
After much research, I discovered this to be a Canister Ball, a.k.a. a Case Shot Ball. A number of these items would have been packed into a metal cylinder and fired from a canon during 18th and 19th Century warfare. When fired, the soft metal container would disintegrate, leaving the shrapnel balls inside to spread out at high velocity in a conical formation towards their target. These weapons caused a great deal of widespread damage to the enemy and were particularly effective during the Napoleonic War and the American Civil War. A somewhat grisly yet somewhat fascinating find, eh?
Hakin Cove turned out to be the best beach-combing beach I have ever explored. Despite being a rather diminutive cove, I gathered more sea-glass and other interesting artefacts during my short time there than every other beach I have visited combined over the last ten or so years. If you a beachcomber and happen to be visiting West Wales, then do yourself a favour and pay this place a visit. One word of warning though, check the tide times as the cove disappears completely at high tide!
Sunday 22 September 2019
Friday 20 September 2019
Wednesday 18 September 2019
Saturday 24 August 2019
A Beach Campfire Beneath the Stars
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