Monthly Archives: September 2020

Waylands Smithy – The neolithic monument which is home to a supernatural Elf!

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

Monday saw my post on the ancient Ridgeway road and I used that to visit another ancient place, Waylands Smithy. I’ve wanted to visit here for years but never got around to it as despite being not too far from … Continue reading →

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Walking The Ridgeway, one of the oldest roads in the world

Posted on September 28, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

On Saturday I had my first and likely only real day out all year went to Oxfordshire to visit various ancient and picturesque sites.  One of the places I was looking forward to travelling on was the Ridgeway which is … Continue reading →

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I found an old fashioned water well in my street!

Posted on September 23, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

Snooping around is part of my job and I end up in all sorts of weird and sometimes possibly illegal situations especially in the old City of London or out in the country. Two days ago I noticed that there … Continue reading →

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The Legend of Jack O’ Legs – Hertfordshire’s answer to Robin Hood!

Posted on September 21, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

We all know the story of Robin Hood, Little John and the others in Sherwood Forest but where I live we have a similarly motivated though perhaps less successful and well-know figure and his name is Jack O’Legs who also stole … Continue reading →

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Coronavirus Diary 70 – The front cottage garden in Autumn

Posted on September 18, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

Do you remember all the way back in April I wrote Coronavirus Diary 28  Dancing in the rain ? where I brought home this little fellow? Well a long hot summer and a bit of care from myself has meant my tiny … Continue reading →

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Coronavirus Diary 69 – Baby steps with ministers and journalists

Posted on September 16, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

Last week I posted two articles regarding meetings with a government minister and trying to write for a newspaper.  I thought everyone would like to know that to a degree both went well. Over the weekend I heard that the … Continue reading →

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Daniel Lambert – The heaviest man of the 18th Century

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

Daniel Lambert 1770 – 1809 was a gaol keeper (jail) and animal breeder from Leicester, England, famous for his unusually large size. After serving four years as an apprentice at an engraving and die casting works in Birmingham, he returned … Continue reading →

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Coronavirus Diary 68 – Today I will be meeting with Oliver Dowden, MP and Cabinet Minister

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

Today is the day after 6 months of campaigning, witty insults, cutting comments and deliberate government discrimination and impoverished ness; I get to meet with a senior Cabinet Minister to plead my case and those of 3 million others #ExcludedUK … Continue reading →

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Coronavirus Diary 67 – Pitching ideas to the national newspapers

Posted on September 9, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

Following all the events I’ve gone through in the last few weeks, I was kindly tipped off about a possible opening for writing an article for a newspaper as opposed to being the subject of them! Last week I pitched … Continue reading →

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Visiting WW1 trenches in the heart of England

Posted on September 7, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

As someone with a keen interest in WW1 or The Great War, I’ve written before on my visits to the Western Front in France and Belgium. Not many people know that there are still trenches in England and conveniently only … Continue reading →

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