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Mike skips lunch

Did I really need this morning’s council flyer warning of the perils of eating discarded food from the municipal skip?Read

Chateau Lockley marks the end of 2009

Glad to see the back of 2009, to be honest.Read

Chateau Lockley rings in the New Year

2010. How sci-fi does that sound?Read

Mike gets festive with an invite to switch on village Christmas lights

Come here! Listen to this…Read

Mike remembers

History may have forgotten that Hitler bombed our parish, but we haven’t.Read

Where Mike gets confused for a Nazi...

“How the hell did it happen?” I demanded, struggling to make myself heard above the venomous chants of placard-waving anti-fascist league members encamped on our rockery.Read

X Factor-fever descends on Chateau Lockley

My mate Paul hasn’t been suffering from stress, as deduced by the village GP after an ‘in-depth’ consultation lasting all of five minutes.Read

Birthday milestone at Chateau Lockley

The head teacher at our primary school has placed a rather bizarre announcement in the church magazine.Read

Where Mike plans his funeral

I’ve reached an age where family bonds have taken on greater significance. Part of it is the realisation my son’s going to pick my care home.Read

Bin stink blights Chateau Lockley

I’m seriously considering becoming a vegetarian, simply to stop my bin stinking so much.Read

Mike flees Chateau Lockley for Caribbean getaway

If the wonders of new technology are truly wonderful, and my laptop works, I’ll be sunning myself on the Caribbean island of Antigua when you read this. If they are not, you’re staring at a blank page, for which I apologise.Read

Delight as son flies the nest

In four weeks time, the fruit of my loins - a 6ft 5ins youth with hands the size of shovels who my wife still refers to as ‘our little boy’ - leaves for university.Read

Bats descend on Chateau Lockley

Interesting pub debate about weird wildlife that has entered our homes.Read

Festival fever hits the village

The country’s foremost taxidermist resides in our parish, I’ve discovered.Read

'Flu strikes on Mediterranean getaway

I’ve seen enough wildlife documentaries to realise male mammals in their dotage become solitary creatures.Read

A lighter look at life

Black, black day. They’ve gone and sold the Drum and Monkey.Read

Worrying shadow overhangs Chateau Lockley

I am a worrier. It’s hereditary, like impotency: if your dad was impotent, there’s a very good chance you will be, too.Read

Welsh hotel break a sign of age?

An idyllic break in a rambling mid-Wales hotel for those, like my wife and I, of more mature years.Read

Weight-op debate in Chateau Lockley

A DISTANT relative has lost seven stone after undergoing an operation to have the surgical equivalent of an elastic band wrapped tightly round her intestine.Read

Getting behind traditional ales

If I had a Fair Isle jumper and beard, I’d join the Campaign for Real Ale.Read

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