Philip DunnMar 8, 20219 minCarpe DiemSeize the day. Veryan and I certainly did when we first met on Friday 13 March last year, just a week before lockdown. By the following...
Philip DunnNov 1, 20201 minNotice of No November Nuptials NowHi folks, Last night's announcement by the overprivileged buffoon in charge of the headless chickens in our "Government by U Turn", means...
Philip DunnOct 21, 20204 minNotice of November NuptialsHi everyone, Sorry to have gone so quiet of late, but this last Spring and Summer was exceptional and not only because of lockdown or...
Philip DunnMay 5, 20205 minIsolation, Consternation and ConsolationHello everyone, I hope you are all well and safe during this deadly pandemic. It seems only a short time ago that we were able to...
Philip DunnMar 19, 20202 minResults of Shelfish BehaviourHi folks, I hope you are all keeping well in this most difficult of recent times and I hope you are all pleased to hear that I am so far...
Philip DunnFeb 3, 20204 minMy Post-Christmas Post (Part 4)Greetings fellow Earthlings, At least we haven't actually voted yet on whether we should go and live on another planet, even if many of...
Philip DunnJan 28, 20202 minMy Post-Christmas Post (Part 3)After Melinda and I had a coffee in Arromanches, we walked around looking for somewhere for a bite of lunch. Unfortunately, many of the...
Philip DunnJan 20, 20201 minMy Post-Christmas Post (Part 2)A trip to Montfiquet and then to arromanches
Philip DunnJan 14, 20202 minMy Post-Christmas Post (Part 1)Thank you for all your Christmas cards, which are really appreciated and I am still putting off the inevitable task of removing them from...
Philip DunnOct 27, 20192 minAnother Day, Another ChâteauHello everyone, Just down the road (Route de Coq Gaulois) from where I was staying at Jan's little house... ...past these rather splendid...
Philip DunnOct 22, 20192 minLe Vieux Château de Beaucamps-le-JeuneHi everyone, The weekend during my stay in Normandy back in September happened to coincide with "Les 36e Journées Européennes du...
Philip DunnOct 13, 20191 minSummer's over......so I went over to France again to visit my friend, Jan, in Normandy, before she moved house to Brittany... ...and here she is, in the...
Philip DunnJul 16, 20192 minSweet Thames, run softlyHello everyone, It was another beautiful afternoon on Tuesday 16 July, when high tide that ends on the Thames at Teddington Lock was due...
Philip DunnJul 15, 20192 minPhilip's Francofile 2019 (Part3)Chers amis et famille, I left la Londe-les-Maures on the morning of Saturday 29 June and headed northwest with the temperature in the low...
Philip DunnJul 14, 20191 minPhilip's Francofile 2019 (Part 2)Bonjour à tous, A little way up from my favourite spot on la Plage del'Argentière is a sailing school... ...so in English it may be...
Philip DunnJul 11, 20193 minChers mesdames et messieurs, As soon as May is over, Artists' Open Houses have all finally closed and I am yet another year older, I allow myself to succumb to my...
Philip DunnJul 7, 20192 minFwd: The Spring ResprungHi again, at last, I really don't know whether I should apologise for the tardiness of this blog or not. On the one hand, it might be...