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- [My three words for 2026: responsibility ~ value ~ friction](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/my-three-words-for-2026-responsibility-value-friction) - For the 12 months ahead I'm repeating a practice suggested by Chris Brogan – thank you, Chris – who I first heard speak at Like Minds in Exeter way back in 2010. Each January Chris selects three words to focus on in the year ahead. I adopted this practice back in 2016. My three words
- [Toast before sherry](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/toast-before-sherry) - Most Sundays we enjoy a small glass of sherry before our main meal. I didn't used to like sherry, but started drinking it as my Mum liked a glass when she was cooking a roast and no one else did. Gradually, I started enjoying it myself. This morning, I spied the decanter through the toast
- [Silence and noise](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/silence-and-noise) - Silence and noise fascinate me. I used to work with a manager who told me that as soon as she arrived home, she turned on the television in the background. Now people have TV, radio or other audio devices throughout their homes, and ear buds or headphones to provide sound wherever they go: on transport,
- [20 years ago . . .](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/20-years-ago) - 20 years ago today Mrs Z, our cocker Felix and I posted the keys of our house in Windsor through the letterbox and drove 194 miles to our new house in Ilfracombe, North Devon. A big move and, while we knew in our hearts what we were doing, we had no detailed plan. People often
- [My three words for 2024: Immeasurable – Kind – Solid](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/my-three-words-for-2024-immeasurable-kind-solid) - While I don't make New Year resolutions, I used to follow a practice suggested by Chris Brogan of choosing three words to focus on over a year. Lately, I find a number of issues recurring and have selected three as my focus words for 2024, issues which I believe we will be forced to address
- [Bury your head online](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/bury-your-head-online) - Sometimes this world, or rather what we do in this world, seems too much to stomach: politicians, governments, institutions, wars, economic worries, technology, greed. Why are we so crazy? I don't like to bury my head in the sand, but temporary diversions can help. I'm reading a Dorothy L. Sayers novel from the 1930s. Enjoyable,
- [A good night's sleep](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/a-good-nights-sleep) - Sleep is vital. It settles us. It heals us. It recharges us. I have been very fortunate to have slept through most of the troubles of the past four years. I slept through the pandemic, the cost of living crisis, personal and family health problems (including my own) and all the associated worries. I believe
- [What are we counting on?](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/what-are-we-counting-on) - 1 January 2024. Another day. What is different? Nothing outside the tiny inward-looking world of humanity. Nature continues to work hard: in the Northern hemisphere many plants have long withdrawn from the surface and are regenerating in readiness for Spring. As far as we know, only humans use numbers, at least as a written language.
- [Contract Cleaning | a ghost story at Christmas?](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/contract-cleaning-a-ghost-story-at-christmas) - The idea for this story popped into my head when I was researching and writing my dissertation for my History MA in 2019. I put it on hold and each year have tried to complete it before Christmas until abandoning it as work deadlines took precedence. With similar deadlines this year, I was determined to
- [Celebrating risk and failure](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/celebrating-risk-and-failure) - On 1 January I stepped on and broke my glasses. What an idiot! Why did I put them on the floor? I'll never know. They are new and very comfortable. I have to replace them. Life is full of risk and failure. Good job too. My memorable failures include my revolutionary recipe for Pickled Onion
- [A handful of qualities](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/a-handful-of-qualities) - Traditionally, New Year is a time for adopting new resolutions. I don't follow this custom as such, but I do assess what I have worked on over the previous 12 months to decide if and how I might modify my approach. This year, five qualities stand out which have become valuable to me and which
- [Weekend filth](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/weekend-filth) - No, I haven't been watching the LinkedIn feed or Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. I've been cleaning out our shed gutter, emptying our fifth water butt and cleaning it out: old-fashioned husbandry which everyone used to complete to maintain their homes and gardens. I do find it quite refreshing. The sludge in the gutter and butt
- [Well-fed worms](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/well-fed-worms) - There are leaves everywhere. Nuisance or resource? This morning we swept them up from paths, steps and all over the garden. The rain makes them slippery underfoot so they have to be removed, but I would remove them anyway. We pile them on our raised beds and vegetable borders where worms and woodlice chomp away There are leaves everywhere. Nuisance or resource? This morning we swept them up from paths, steps and all over the garden. The rain makes them slippery underfoot so they have to be removed, but I would remove them anyway. We pile them on our raised beds and vegetable borders where worms and woodlice chomp away
- [Come alive](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/come-alive) - All Hallows Eve, the first day of Allhallowtide, turns my mind to those souls no longer on earth. During the long hospital vigil before my Mum's departure, a clinical psychologist talked with us about the approaching change and how we would create new traditions to replace those we had celebrated happily with loved ones over
- [Living in harmony with uninvited neighbours](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/living-in-harmony-with-uninvited-neighbours) - What a marvellous holiday in the garden. Building another raised bed using planks from an old shed door so we can grow more potatoes – their flavour is sublime. Preparing for another water butt to increase our rainwater harvesting – we have no shortage of naturally occurring fresh water when we can be bothered to
- [Point taken](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/point-taken) - Both my parents were tailors and sewing was a constant activity in our house. Dad conjured jackets and suits out of rolls of cloth and canvas, while Mum's hand-sewn buttonholes were works of art. But there were pins everywhere. Often sticking in our feet: ouch! One day, some of those typically pointless questions popped into
- [Care and control](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/care-and-control) - This morning when I walked down our high street with the Four-Footed Financial Controller, one shopkeeper was sweeping the pavement while another had a mop and bucket and was washing it down. These businesses are 100+ and 60 years old respectively, but still care not only about their customers but our community and place too.
- [Bringing earth back to life](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/bringing-earth-back-to-life) - When we moved into our current home, large areas of garden were buried under plant-suppressing plastic sheeting, paving or concrete – they were dead. The previous owner said it wouldn't support a lawn or plants. We immediately ripped up the plastic and pulled up the paving. We sifted the dead soil in the front garden
- [Colossal consequences of crab sandwiches](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/colossal-consequences-of-crab-sandwiches) - A crab sandwich from this tea garden triggered our move to Ilfracombe 20 years ago. The chance offer of a week’s holiday for my aunt and mum had brought me back to North Devon, after I offered to drive them down to Fremington with our spaniel, Felix. I stayed over a day which we spent
- [Thawing on Blue Monday](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/thawing-on-blue-monday) - Freeze! A human response to threats. At one time, I had nightmares where I tried to escape from a threat but was literally glued to the spot – at which point I would wake up startled. I also went through a time of grief when I found it tough to do the simplest things: getting
- [50 years of a most unwelcome partnership](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/50-years-of-a-most-unwelcome-partnership) - In 2022, I am celebrating 50 years of a most unwelcome partnership. It was that long ago that I was struck down by Crohn's disease: great pain, long school absences – two whole half-terms - hospital stays, physical examinations, blood tests, x-rays, barium meals, a blood transfusion, powerful steroids and, a year later, major surgery.
- [Take one step at a time . . .](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/take-one-step-at-a-time) - Over the past year, I've come to exchange greetings with an elderly couple who go out for a daily walk, stopping many times to rest. They put one foot in front of the other to keep walking, to stay mobile, to experience life as fully as they can. But it can seem the most difficult
- [The slow economy](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/the-slow-economy) - When we bought our first house, interest rates rose 2% between making our offer and completing the sale. We barely had any money left to live on each month. Moving in with furniture donated by families, we bought a set of cheap stainless steel cutlery from Woolworths with a view to buying a more expensive
- [Attitude](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/attitude) - Attitude. It's really important. Today, I was sad to start taking down the Christmas decorations, but I had time not to rush it. This year is different to the past seven or so years when we have barely celebrated Christmas because we couldn't bear the thought of it. I used to love Christmas, but things
- [Rest for the year](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/rest-for-the-year) - Rest. For the rest of the year, rest. It's important. In this winter scene, all appears at rest. The shops and cafés are closed, the boats have been lifted out of the harbour for safety, the trees have withdrawn and shed their leaves. But there's a lot going on. How many of the business owners
- [My three words for 2021: character – honest – light](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/my-three-words-for-2021-character-honest-light) - In 2016 I chose three words to focus on during the year, following a suggestion by Chris Brogan, and I repeated this in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, when I chose: vital – work – jigsaw. How did I do in 2020? Vital – My aim was to live more in the real world and
- [The sufficiency enigma](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/the-sufficiency-enigma) - This is my pedometer. It's 10 years old. Occasionally, I think about buying a new one. Once or twice, I've considered an Apple Watch. But this old pedometer is sufficient for me. While I've used a pedometer on and off for 20 years, I bought this one after an emergency operation where I lost 12lbs
- [My life’s essentials 14: Canon PowerShot SX500 IS](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/my-lifes-essentials/my-lifes-essentials-14-canon-powershot-sx500-is) - I have always enjoyed photography, although for much of my life did not spend much time on it. Moving to live by the sea and walking with our dogs have given me plenty of opportunities to take more photos. Five years ago, after we lost our dear two spaniels and there was a lot of
- [My life's essentials 12: feet](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/my-lifes-essentials/my-lifes-essentials-12-feet) - Yes, feet are essential and my feet are essential to me. I walk a fair amount, usually between 15 and 22,000 steps a day, but I didn't always. When I was younger, I used to cycle a lot, but then stopped when I started work and got a car. For quite a few years I
- [Waste not, want not](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/waste-not-want-not) - The clock in our kitchen stopped working at the weekend. It's a quartz clock with a battery in it, nothing special, but it's useful for keeping an eye on the time when cooking or when we need to go out or do something at a specific time. We changed the battery, but it wouldn't go.
- [My life's essentials 14: Ilfracombe](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/my-lifes-essentials-14-ilfracombe) - 50 years ago this railway ticket brought my family and me on holiday to Ilfracombe, where I now live.
- [My life’s essentials 13: my lawn rake](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/my-lifes-essentials-13-my-lawn-rake) - My trusty lawn rake must be 29 years old. My Dad gave it to me, I think, as a birthday present the year Mrs Z and I moved into our first house, which had a garden some 50 feet long by 11 feet wide. To me, this was paradise. The house I was born in
- [Momentous change](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/momentous-change) - Sometimes we don't realise how much we can change our own lives and need to be shown the way. We could not have foretold the impact that an event taking place on 21 April 2000 would have on us. That was the day our first cocker spaniel, Felix, was born. I wanted a dog, an
- [The value of understanding feuding families](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/history/the-value-of-understanding-feuding-families) - After completing my MA in History, I have continued my attempts to fill in the gaps in my knowledge, although for every little bit learned I discover even more still to learn. One of the topics I am interested in is the Wars of the Roses, which confounds me with the complex relationships, and twists
- [My three words for 2020: vital – work – jigsaw](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/my-three-words-for-2020-vital-work-jigsaw) - In 2016 I chose three words to focus on during the year, following a suggestion by Chris Brogan, and I repeated this in 2017, 2018 and then 2019, when I chose: responsible – source – alive. How did I do in 2019? Responsible – I believe outsourcing personal responsibility to government, large technology companies and
- [My three words for 2019: responsible – source – alive](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/my-three-words-for-2019-responsible-source-alive) - In 2016 I chose three words to focus on during the year, following a suggestion by Chris Brogan, and I repeated this in 2017 and then 2018, when I chose: nibble – rest – clear. How did I do in 2018? Nibble – I succeeded in making a lot of changes and once I had started,
- [The genuine article](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/the-genuine-article) - I'm not a fan of clipart or stock photography. I think this comes from seeing so many web sites and brochures showing pictures which have nothing to do with the organisation publishing them. If a company wants to demonstrate that it has happy, smiling employees, why not feature photos of its people rather than stock
- [Open up](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/open-up) - I am working with a business colleague to launch a new business exhibition in the area. It's quite exhausting, but also frightening to get this off the ground. A lot of preparation has gone into it and we are just starting to promote it. We're at the stage when you do things and get no
- [10 years of blogging, so what now?](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/10-years-of-blogging-so-what-now) - I was astounded to see that I started this blog 10 years ago with the entry: Drama coming . . . . . . soon. This was a reference to my heavy involvement in amateur dramatics at the time and my role in publicising six or seven productions every year. Since then, I have blogged
- [When things don't work, people can](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/when-things-dont-work-people-can) - Reading the news can be depressing. Institutions and organisational structures everywhere seem to be failing and instead of reforming, improving or replacing them, more time and effort is put into squabbling about what to do than doing anything, and faith and respect in our 'systems' are disappearing. Many see the solution as joining a side,
- [My 5 ways to remedy procrastination](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/my-5-ways-to-remedy-procrastination) - There seems to be more advice on how to avoid procrastination and improve time management than we could possibly take in, but they can still remain a problem. There are many reasons for procrastination – from tiredness to fear, lack of motivation and boredom – and getting to the cause is a good idea. Why
- [Ouch! That hurts. But not as much as it used to . . .](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/ouch-that-hurts-but-not-as-much-as-it-used-to) - It's said that time heals or that painful memories grow less painful. 46 years ago, doctors were scratching their heads for five weeks as I was jabbed, x-rayed and subjected to all manner of medical tests, because they couldn't find out what was wrong with me. (Some of those close to me say they still
- [Live and let live, but please don't eat my seedlings](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/live-and-let-live-but-please-dont-eat-my-seedlings) - Early this morning, as I drove round the corner of a country lane, I was horrified to be confronted by three young wild rabbits hopping towards me in the middle of the road. Luckily, I was able to slow down and, realising the danger, they hopped on to the grass verge and disappeared through a
- [eXcentriX provides a business outlet for laughter](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/excentrix-provides-a-business-outlet-for-laughter) - I'm taking part in the July 2018 Ultimate Blog Challenge and on day 2 I read a blog by Fran Asaro on the topic of Bringing Crazy Back – 7 Ways to Lighten up You and Your Business, which really struck a chord with me. Much of my career has been spent on serious
- [Support Salisbury, one of England's loveliest cities](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/support-salisbury-one-of-englands-loveliest-cities) - You may have seen news reports of the second poisoning by a nerve agent in Salisbury, England. Most importantly, I hope the two people recover fast as, however it happened, this type of incident is horrific. I'm not going to discuss the incident itself as I feel I can know little of what really goes
- [Camille and Kennerly and their dual harp revolution](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/music-books-writing/camille-and-kennerly-and-their-dual-harp-revolution) - YouTube is a good place to discover new artists and among my favourites are Camille and Kennerly, the Harp Twins, who are driving their dual harp revolution. Camille and Kennerly's videos showcase their performances of a broad range of music interpreted by them on acoustic and electric harps. These vary from classic tunes to TV
- [Connecting over cake](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/food-drink/connecting-over-cake) - I was exhausted this morning and didn't make it to the beach, much to the disappointment of deep spaniel eyes – we'll go tomorrow, I promise. This made me realise that I needed to relax today and I decided to make a cake ,as I find baking very calming. The other day, we had been
- [Buy Three Bonzos and get one Free](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/music-books-writing/buy-three-bonzos-and-get-one-free) - As the most influential British purveyors of combined musicianship and humour in the past 50 years, I was somewhat hesitant when I booked to see Three Bonzos and a Piano.
- [The Moody Blues: Every Good Boy Deserves Favour](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/music-books-writing/the-moody-blues-every-good-boy-deserves-favour) - Last week Ray Thomas' 'Our Guessing Game' went through my head and I thought it was time to savour the digitally remastered CD of The Moody Blues' 'Every Good Boy Deserves Favour'.
- [Preparation and patience](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/preparation-and-patience) - I'm impatient, but I'm also patient. The older I get, the more I seem to become both. I can't figure it out. As a child, I remember wanting things: a new bike, my first cassette tape recorder, a camera, hifi equipment and more. In those days, we saved up, putting aside some pocket money each
- [Sun or rain, heat or cold, fulfilment or regret?](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/sun-or-rain-heat-or-cold-fulfilment-or-regret) - I paddled in the sea at Woolacombe again this morning, throwing a tennis ball for our dog, before starting work. What a blessed life. But it's not always sunny. On wintry days, we're struggling along the beach in wellies with our faces sandblasted by the wind. But still it's a blessed life. We moved from
- [The Residents: Animal Lover](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/music-books-writing/the-residents-animal-lover) - I first heard The Residents' version of Satisfaction while at school and was immediately intrigued. I remember heading down to Flyover Records in Hammersmith and greedily buying several albums, not knowing what to make of them and getting hooked on Not Available. I followed them for 15 years or so, still not knowing what to
- [Epic sagas of the future or historical footnotes?](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/epic-sagas-of-the-future-or-historical-footnotes) - For my History MA, I recently wrote an essay on the topic of how 19th century imperial powers relied on collaboration with indigenous populations in order to administer their colonies. I am interested in collaboration – in the sense of 'working together' – because, however much we do or don't like it, we are all
- [My life's essentials 11: reading](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/my-lifes-essentials/my-lifes-essentials-11-reading) - As a child, there was always something to read in our house: the Radio Times, books, newspapers, magazines, dictionaries, comics. While we listened to the radio and records, watched television and played with toys and in the garden, sometimes the house would be silent as we would all have our noses in books or magazines.
- [My three words for 2018: nibble – rest – clear ](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/my-three-words-for-2018-nibble-rest-clear) - In 2016 I chose three words to focus on, following a suggestion by Chris Brogan, and I repeated this in 2017, when I chose: face, laugh and breathe. So how did I do? Face – Concerned at the growing polarisation of views on many issues, with so more people hiding behind flags, icons and groups,
- [Finding life in facing death](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/finding-life-in-facing-death) - It’s the time of year when plants are dying or bedding down for the winter. It’s all part of the cycle of death and life, and it touches us all. It makes me think of when I was first confronted with thinking about death. When I was 13, Crohn’s disease, with which I had been
- [Theatre to make you think: Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/theatre-entertainment-ilfracombe-devon/theatre-to-make-you-think-frankie-and-johnny-in-the-clair-de-lune) - Whatever happened to serious theatre? By that I don’t mean plays without jokes, but writing with depth that leaves you thinking and searching for answers the next day. Last night I had the pleasure of seeing Terrence McNally‘s Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune at the SPACE in Ilfracombe. Now here I have
- [Dragged down a hole in the ground into hell](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/dragged-down-a-hole-in-the-ground-into-hell) - My baby teeth must have been stubborn and I remember my Mum taking me to the health clinic on the Bath Road, Hounslow for one to be extracted under anaesthetic. The strong memory of that day, some 50 years ago, is the weird dream I had after the mask was placed over my face to knock me out
- [30th May 2017](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/30th-may-2017) - At Junior School, I used to write the date at the top of the page in my diary before writing about what I'd done over the weekend just passed. Being the 1960s, I liked writing 196- and was quite concerned at the end of 1969 when I realised that the 6 would change to 7,
- [Grateful for a holiday life](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/grateful-for-a-holiday-life) - Today is the 13th anniversary of moving to Ilfracombe in North Devon. After locking the door of our house in Windsor, we posted the keys through the letterbox and set off in our two cars, with our cocker spaniel, Felix, wondering how our adventure would unfold. Not much went to plan, as we forgot that life
- [Three words for 2017: Face | Laugh | Breathe](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/three-words-for-2017-face-laugh-breathe) - I chose three words to focus on in 2016: irreverent, kind, treasure. How did I do? I was still far too serious, have more work to do on being kind, but certainly do treasure everything in my life more than I ever have. How and why have I chosen my three words for 2017? Face
- [I need it all](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/i-need-it-all) - It’s probably because of the seasonal bombardment by adverts for things which I don’t need that I’ve been thinking a lot about what I do need. While I post a series on ‘my life’s essentials’, many of these are tongue-in-cheek as I’ve come to realise that I need very little to be content. Recently, I’ve
- [Letting go . . .](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/letting-go) - Recently, a pyrex half-pint jug that once belonged to my Grandmother broke. We had used it almost every day for decades and perhaps it was just worn out. I liked it because it had imperial measurements, which I work in for cooking and baking. Nothing lasts forever and I was fond of it because it was a connection
- [My life's essentials 10: breakfast](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/food-drink/my-lifes-essentials-10-breakfast) - I've noticed that food figures a lot in my life's essentials. It is, after all, essential to life and it figures so highly because I have to watch diet closely
- [My life's essentials 9: treasure](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/my-lifes-essentials/my-lifes-essentials-9-treasure) - What do I need? Not a lot. What have I got? Too much. Half a tennis ball that we can all play with and roll down the dunes: that's real treasure.
- [It was just a car](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/it-was-just-a-car) - I used to drive a 4x4 leased through my business: great fun. But then I thought about the cost – not just to my pocket, as I got 23-25 mpg performance on the motorway, but to the environment. For tax reasons I leased cars through my business, but gradually felt it was unjustifiable environmentally to
- [Not virtual: raw reality](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/not-virtual-raw-reality) - I remember walking to primary school on winter mornings . . . in short trousers. How did my knees not lock up in the cold? I think of all the times I waited for a bus, tube or train on a cold, dark, miserable evening when commuting home from various jobs in London. Oh, to get
- [My Three Words 2016](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/my-three-words-2016) - I had already thought of one word – irreverent – I wanted to focus on in 2016 when Chris Brogan’s email popped on to my iPad in which he suggests identifying three words to help navigate choices in the year ahead. I don’t set resolutions, but I do like to focus and My Three Words seems a
- [My life’s essentials 8: laughter](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/my-lifes-essentials/my-lifes-essentials-8-laughter) - Sometime you don't realise how long something has been missing from your life. This often happens when you set yourself against some adversity that can last months or years. I realise I haven't laughed as much as I usually do over the past few years. Laughter is essential, whatever happens in our lives and in the
- [Wishing you the Christmas you seek](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/wishing-you-the-christmas-you-seek) - We're having a very quiet, reflective Christmas this year, a contrast to the big, family get-togethers we used to enjoy. Last Christmas was spent hospital visiting and this one feels like a transition. I’m sure next year we will be in more of a sociable mood. This year I have seen some pretty deep lows and,
- [It can be lonely in the crowd cloud, so find friends on #EmpireKred](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/it-can-be-lonely-in-the-crowd-cloud-so-find-friends-on-empirekred) - It's a big place: the internet. Especially when you're not the noisiest of people. And there is a lot of noise on the internet. Many internet users lurk, staying in the background reading and viewing content, but never actually saying anything themselves or commenting. I suppose it's because, as in real life, loud people can
- [Understanding leads to gentleness](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/understanding-leads-to-gentleness) - Out in the rain this morning, we played ball. I threw it and our dog brought it back. He went to drop it in my outstretched hand, but I almost dropped it so he quickly grabbed it again with his teeth and then dropped it securely into my hand. It made me think of how we work
- [Do It Yourself](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/do-it-yourself) - I've followed the recent media debate about sugar and obesity and health and tax with interest. In recent years, I have reduced my sugar intake considerably by limiting consumption of or cutting out sweets, biscuits and most manufactured food. Then this year my eating regime went haywire as I started to comfort eat when I lost my
- [Welcome Autumn](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/welcome-autumn) - Spring is always full of promise as plants shoot and flowers come into bud. Then plants bloom and mature before dying away again. Summer has passed, the clocks go back and the days shorten. I'm always sorry to see spring and summer pass, but then reminded that autumn is just as wonderful. The views on the clear
- [Thank you](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/thank-you) - I do quite a lot of things, some of them for the community, but this year I stopped. It's interesting how people notice differently. Some ask why things aren't being done without stopping to think about the people who do them, while others are more perceptive. The reason I had to stop, or pause, is that it’s
- [My life's essentials 6: home baking](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/food-drink/my-lifes-essentials-6-home-baking) - Nothing beats the delight of taking home-baked cake or bread out of the oven and that moment when you cut and eat the first slice.
- [My life’s essentials 7: wooden spoon](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/food-drink/my-lifes-essentials-7-wooden-spoon) - As I spend so much time typing on a keyboard, one of the biggest pleasures of baking, and cooking generally, is working with 'real' things.
- [If #ndevon had a Monster Raving Loony candidate](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/if-ndevon-had-a-monster-raving-loony-candidate) - I've been thinking about potential Loony #ndevon election promises had they fielded a candidate here. Here's a few suggestions.
- [We need to trust](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/we-need-to-trust) - We need to trust. Life without trust would be unbearable. We also need to be vigilant to protect ourselves.
- [Seven habits of highly successful recluses](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/seven-habits-of-highly-successful-recluses) - Adopt these practices to keep yourself to yourself and enjoy decades as a solitary loner untroubled by the rest of the human race.
- [My life’s essentials 5: the sea](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/my-lifes-essentials/my-lifes-essentials-5-the-sea) - I could sit or stand, watching and listening to the sea forever.
- [One step at a time](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/one-step-at-a-time) - I've started writing tasks down in a book. Sometimes I write just one task and then tick it when I've done it. Now I'm moving forward: one step at a time.
- [My life's essentials 1: Brown Betty](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/my-lifes-essentials/my-lifes-essentials-1-brown-betty) - Now we have a replacement, a traditional Brown Betty teapot, and tea making can resume as it should.
- [My life's essentials 2: peace](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/my-lifes-essentials/my-lifes-essentials-2-peace) - Peace. Sometimes silence, stillness, harmony, serenity: all sanctuary from head-piercing, rushabout insanity.
- [My life's essentials 3: a good whipping](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/my-lifes-essentials/my-lifes-essentials-3-a-good-whipping) - We used to have a number of different kitchen gadgets, but they spent most of the time gathering dust in cupboards. Some gadgets are useful, but their convenience is often minimised by the time spent cleaning them after use. Now we have very few gadgets.
- [Why join Empire Avenue Leaders?](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/why-join-empire-avenue-leaders) - Apart from wonderful social support, the Leaders package enables like-minded players to support and share your social media content.
- [Paws to smile](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/paws-to-smile) - I'm certain these dogs plan these meetings deliberately, but I'm happy to let them carry on. They brighten life more than anything else.
- [Take a walk and see a different view](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/take-a-walk-and-see-a-different-view) - It's a strange thing, grief. Just when you think you've worked through a stage, it strikes again. Fortunately, I've got some wonderful people to talk to and, of course, there's the calming magic influence of dogs. The past couple of days have been tough, but after a deep chat this morning, I decided my brain needed
- [Treasuring memories and creating the new](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/treasuring-memories-and-creating-the-new) - 2015 has been a dramatic year so far with the passing of my Mum and the bittersweet combination of farewells and celebrations of her life. The slow working of Parkinson's disease made life more difficult over recent years, but our family were there at every step of the way and even in the darkest moments
- [There's more to life than numbers](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/theres-more-to-life-than-numbers) - I know numbers are in important for measuring activity and success, but they only so far.
- [My 10 hopes for 2015](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/my-10-hopes-for-2015) - hopes for 2015
- [I reduced sugar but still eat cake](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/i-reduced-sugar-but-still-eat-cake) - I lost 8lbs by reducing sugar. I'm probably eating as much bread as before, but much less sugar and much less less glucose fructose syrup and other food nasties
- [What's your social style?](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/whats-your-social-style) - I'm not anti-social. I just like to socialise differently.
- [A rambling and a musing in 2015](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/a-rambling-and-a-musing-in-2015) - I find the Christmas and New Year break a good time to wind down, recharge and prepare for the year ahead.
- [Stop and see new life](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/stop-and-see-new-life) - I've got so much to do over the next few days that I don't have much time, but before rushing to my office this morning I remembered the seeds I had planted.
- [Wellies as good as new with Stormsure](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/wellies-as-good-as-new-with-stormsure) - Over the past 10 years I've owned lots of pairs of wellington boots. It's not that I have an obsession with them, but they just don't seem to last very long. Whether expensive, cheap or mid-range, inevitably I experience my socks suddenly soaking up water as I walk through a puddle or paddle in the sea. After telling several
- [A second chance?](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/a-second-chance) - How often do we make mistakes and think we have blown any chance of having a second chance? Several years ago I was driving along a country lane when a squirrel ran out into the road. Now I know all creatures take their chances in the wild, but I hate the idea of anything being
- [One and one is one](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/one-and-one-is-one) - When you run your own business, a statutory obligation can overrun your desire for a weekend doing what you want, but it doesn't have to stop you enjoying life.
- [How Empire Avenue opened up Google+ for me #EmpireAve](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/how-empire-avenue-opened-up-google-for-me-empireave) - Through Empire Avenue I have some 6,800 followers and more than 300,000 views on my Google+ profile
- [What have we achieved this week?](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/what-have-we-achieved-this-week) - Sometimes day and weeks pass and I wonder what I actually did. So I've just been thinking what I did that was different this week.
- [When can I die?](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/writing-books/when-can-i-die) - (Observed one weekend in a hospital ward.)
- [Will pianists please observe the speed limit](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/will-pianists-please-observe-the-speed-limit) - I'm not against fast music. I'm not against loud music. I've just reached the time of life when I want to wake up gently each morning.
- [Ilfracombe: the talking town](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/ilfracombe-the-talking-town) - Over two days, I've walked around Ilfracombe, North Devon and talked to so many friendly people. It's been marvellous.
- [Thank you, Ilfracombe, for the best decade](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/thank-you-ilfracombe-for-the-best-decade) - We know so many more people and dogs, spend so much more time out in the open, walk more, eat far better and feel life is far better in Ilfracombe.
- [It will take more than just a day, Mr Cameron](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/it-will-take-more-than-just-a-day-mr-cameron) - I was horrified by the mental image of 11 1kg bags of sugar going into my tea and then my digestive system. I gave up sugar in my tea immediately.
- [The Eat-As-Much-As-You-Like Dog Walking Diet](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/the-eat-as-much-as-you-like-dog-walking-diet) - Now that our new puppy is growing stronger and more energetic, I am often walking 14,000 steps or more a day. This was wonderful over Christmas because I was burning off everything as fast as I ate.
- [My life's essentials 4: bone china](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/my-lifes-essentials/my-lifes-essentials-4-bone-china) - Whether it's tea poured through a strainer or freshly ground coffee, I always like to drink from bone china.
- [Tidy your room!](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/tidy-your-room) - I am not a fan of filing, but I do like it when everything is in order . . . and when I can see my desk.
- [The lingering touch of history](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/the-lingering-touch-of-history) - Their memory and the memory of this event remains with me as a reminder of how we should act and our responsibilities to each other.
- [What is service?](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/what-is-service) - Independent shopkeepers have the opportunity to sell higher quality goods than big stores can ever hope to match and deliver service which none of them can even approach.
- [Relaxation in the kitchen](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/food-drink/relaxation-in-the-kitchen) - Catavelli with Italian Meat Sauce
- [Accounts of my A to Z](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/accounts-of-my-a-to-z) - Following Suzan St Maur's challenge 'to write a blog post using the alphabet' and specifically for me to write one about completing a VAT return, here is my attempt.
- [Diary of an Underachiever](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/diary-of-an-underachiever) - My busy schedule for today:
- [Life's not always frothy](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/lifes-not-always-frothy) - However contented you feel, life occasionally throws you a thunderbolt out of the blue.
- [Enjoyable rail journeys](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/enjoyable-rail-journeys) - My experience of travelling by rail in the UK over the past few years has been so much better. I don't travel every day or week, but what I see does impress me.
- [Arthur: performance artist extraordinaire](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/arthur-performance-artist-extraordinaire) - I rediscovered Arthur in my brother's garage. He hasn't been seen for 35 years ago, when he used to make appearances at traffic lights around Hounslow.
- [Discover and rediscover Ilfracombe through the art of Ilfra-Expo ](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/discover-and-rediscover-ilfracombe-through-the-art-of-ilfra-expo) - With six art galleries in town and Damien Hirst's Verity, Ilfra-Expo demonstrates that Ilfracombe is fast becoming the art capital of North Devon.
- [Make Mondays Magnificent](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/make-mondays-magnificent) - Do you find yourself getting into a bit of a rut sometimes, unable to break out of a mundane routine? Me too. Yet over the past months I've been working to change that.
- [Gloucester's on a cheesy roll](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/gloucester-on-a-cheesy-roll) - Do authorities and police need to use a 'social scale' which recognises this? It could assess the damage caused by stopping events which channel energy into harmless, sociable fun and the risk of stifling that energy, possibly causing it to seek an anti-social form of expression.
- [Caring stops here](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/caring-stops-here) - A successful NHS, it seems, is judged by how many shiny new hospitals and brand new pieces of equipment it has, not by the extent and reach of the care it provides
- [All we need is . . . attention](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/all-we-need-is-attention) - None of us lives forever and we can't put off ageing indefinitely, but giving our attention makes life better for all of us. I want to give my loved ones attention while I can: the opportunity passes fast.
- [What precisely are we eating?](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/food-drink/what-precisely-are-we-eating) - Is the recent news about burgers sold by national supermarket and fast food chains containing horse meat really a surprise?
- [In the blink of an eye . . .](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/in-the-blink-of-an-eye) - It's that time of the year when you have to look now or you'll miss something in the garden.
- [Bluebells and blossom in Bicclescombe Park, Ilfracombe #ndevon](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/bluebells-and-blossom-in-bicclescombe-park-ilfracombe-ndevon) - This morning I saw bluebells flowering in Bicclescombe Park in Ilfracombe, North Devon . . .
- [Apple blossom opens up this morning](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/apple-blossom-opens-up-this-morning) - This morning the apple blossom opened up . . .
- [Ladybirds and bees busy on the blackcurrant bushes](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/ladybirds-and-bees-busy-on-the-blackcurrant-bushes) - This morning I spotted quite a few ladybirds on our two blackcurrant bushes.
- [Aphrodisiac qualities of blackcurrants](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/aphrodisiac-qualities-of-blackcurrants) - Our blackcurrant bushes certainly seem to have set the ladybirds going
- [12 ducklings born at Bicclescombe Park, Ilfracombe #ndevon](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/12-ducklings-born-at-bicclescombe-park-ilfracombe-ndevon) - I looked over the fence and saw a mother duck and her fleet of ducklings. Unfortunately, there were three male ducks trying to mate with her, explaining the noise as she fought them off.
- [Going for growth](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/going-for-growth) - After our first batch of runner bean seeds failed to germinate (we did use last year's seeds), I bought new seeds and they are just now starting to raise their heads above the compost.
- [Beautiful bluebells in Ilfracombe](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/beautiful-bluebells-in-ilfracombe) - The bluebells on the north and east sides of Hillsborough, Ilfracombe, North Devon are astounding at the moment.
- [Birds 'n' fish 'n' flowers 'n' trees](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/birds-fish-flowers-trees) - There's so much wildlife to see around Ilfracombe, North Devon.
- [Spending time well](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/spending-time-well) - The past two weeks have reminded me how important it is to spend time with those we love.
- [Top 10 amazing tools for managing reality](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/top-10-amazing-tools-for-managing-reality) - What’s the best way for managing reality effectively to minimise its impact? Here are my suggested top 10 reality management tools
- [Is it dangerous to walk down memory lane?](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/is-it-dangerous-to-walk-down-memory-lane) - I wandered along to Holborn Underground Station and realised that it was more than 22 years since I had last walked the route of my daily commute from this station down Kingsway to the Aldwych. I was determined to retrace my steps.
- [The evening light is magical . . .](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/the-evening-light-is-magical) - . . . even after a couple of glasses of red wine or maybe even because of them.
- [Pickled onions more important than Halloween](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/food-drink/pickled-onions-more-important) - Today we devoted ourselves to pickling a supply of onions for the year ahead.
- [Reunited through festive food](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/reunited-through-festive-food) - Preparing, and eating, these favourites reminded me of the times we did share them with those no longer here and made me grateful for those Christmases, many long ago, which were so full of joy.
- [Can this help you to persist?](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/can-this-help-you-to-persist) - You are welcome to join and use the community to support your own activities and to support those of members.
- [A superb steak at The Lamb, Ilfracombe](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/food-drink/a-superb-steak-at-the-lamb-ilfracombe) - This was one of the best evening meals we have had and want to go back to the Lamb soon and sample more dishes from the menu. The Lamb is a very welcome addition to Ilfracombe's selection of fine restaurants.
- [Let's hear Peston on pimples](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/lets-hear-peston-on-pimples) - I used to get goose pimples, but now it seems I have to get goose bumps, which don't sound half – or even one sixty-fourth – as exciting.
- [What matters to the great and the good?](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/what-matters-to-the-great-and-the-good) - Two of the words I think about at the moment are 'great' and ' good'. Both words can express a number of different meanings.
- [Crohn's disease: turning on to a twisting road in 1972](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/crohns-disease/crohns-disease-turning-on-to-a-twisting-road-in-1972) - 40 years pass so quickly. I was in the first year of grammar school and thriving on it. I've always been keen to learn and the move to senior school set my mind buzzing, although my body was tired. What I didn't realise was that I was seriously ill.
- [Time to book your holiday in Ilfracombe!](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/time-to-book-your-holiday-in-ilfracombe) - Plenty of accommodation, dining and activity ideas in the 2012 Ilfracombe brochure.
- [Hatch to mimic thatch?](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/hatch-to-mimic-thatch) - Similar to the European Union Stability and Growth Pact, I have an agreement with Mrs Z that when the deficit in my hair supply exceeds 3% of a full Barnet, it's time to change my hairstyle to avoid comb over.
- [Moody Blues' Octave remastered worth the 31-year wait](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/music-books-writing/moody-blues-octave-remastered) - Having first heard Nights in White Satin on the radio and then my brother's LP of To Our Children's Children's Children, I discovered the Moody Blues for myself
- [Thank you to all those who helped in 2011 . . .](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/thank-you-to-all-those-who-helped-in-2011) - Thank you to all who have supported these organisations and activities and have made all the hard work in organising them worthwhile.
- [Free parking in Ilfracombe 15-17 + 22-24 December afternoons](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/free-parking-in-ilfracombe-15-17-22-24-december-afternoons) - Free parking is available in Ilfracombe for Christmas shoppers from 2pm to 6pm on Thursday 15 to Sunday 17 and Thursday 22 to Saturday 24 December 2011 at specific North Devon Council operated car parks.
- [Treasures from the shed – part 1](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/treasures-from-the-shed-part-1) - Clearing out the tomato trough in the shed, I pulled up this weed and found the root connected to a seed which had fallen out of a fruit stone. I hurriedly potted it.
- [Treasures from the shed – part 2](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/treasures-from-the-shed-–-part-2-2) - We also accidentally woke up this chap, a peacock butterfly.
- [Growth in the garden](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/growth-in-the-garden) - Not a day goes by without some new development in the garden.
- [New in the garden today . . .](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/new-in-the-garden-today) - Our first sunflower seedling has woken up on this glorious spring morning, although still has its hat on . . .
- [It's the time when primroses, the county flower, cover North Devon #ndevon](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/its-the-time-when-primroses-the-county-flower-covers-north-devon-ndevon) - It's the time when primroses, the county flower, cover North Devon.
- [Dazzling daffodil display at Bicclescombe Park, Ilfracombe #ndevon](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/dazzling-daffodil-display-at-bicclecsombe-park-ilfracombe-ndevon) - The daffodils in Bicclescombe Park just get better each day and I couldn't resist taking a few close-up photos.
- [Catch that pigeon now!](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/catch-that-pigeon-now) - This pigeon landed in a tree in Bicclescombe Park in Ilfracombe, North Devon, looking very pleased with himself. He had a twig or something similar in his beak, possibly nesting material.
- [A Midsummer Night's Dream in Ilfracombe and Torrington](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/theatre-entertainment-ilfracombe-devon/a-midsummer-nights-dream-ilfracombe-torrington) - Studio Theatre will be staging a production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream in Ilfracombe and Torrington, North Devon in June 2011.
- [A bracing walk . . .](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/a-bracing-walk) - Today we walked along Woolacombe Beach to Putsborough and had a welcome cup of tea at the beach hut there, admiring the views
- [Colour splashes across Bicclescombe Park, Ilfracombe](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/colour-splashes-across-bicclescombe-park-ilfracombe) - It feels and looks like spring in the park as everything wakes up.
- [New shoots](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/new-shoots-2) - Pussy willow is bursting out again. It amazes me every year.
- [Let's get out of our heads](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/lets-get-out-of-our-heads) - Planning takes place inside our heads, a comfortable environment where we control the results: A leads to B, which leads to our goal of C.
- [Beautiful start to a Monday morning](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/beautiful-start-to-a-monday-morning) - At Bicclescombe Park Ilfracombe, North Devon, the sun seemed to want to play tennis . . .
- [Opening up Ilfracombe harbour views from Hillsborough](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/opening-up-ilfracombe-harbour-views-from-hillsborough) - As well as uncovering its ancient historic past as a hill fort, the work clearing vegetation from Hillsborough is making it easier to appreciate different views of Ilfracombe, North Devon, especially the harbour.
- [The spring vanguard has arrived](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/the-spring-vanguard-has-arrived) - In the past few days daffodils, snowdrops and primroses have flowered in our garden.
- [Sprouts, Saxe-Coburgs and soup](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/food-drink/sprouts-saxe-coburgs-and-soup) - It's that time of year when some people tire of brussels sprouts, but the Victorians knew what to do with them: turn them into soup.
- [A new arrival at Bicclescombe Park, Ilfracombe, North Devon #ndevon](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/a-new-arrival-at-bicclescombe-park-ilfracombe-north-devon-ndevon) - At first, he didn't appear to be accepted by the other ducks and was hiding in a bush, but now he is swimming with all the other ducks in the duck pond.
- [Waking up in the park and garden](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/waking-up-in-the-park-and-garden) - The alarm clock seems to have gone off for many plants which are springing to life.
- [Beauty in greys](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/beauty-in-greys) - I just had to climb up Capstone Hill, Ilfracombe today.
- [#Sunflowers leap while I'm away @twunflowercomp](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/sunflowers-leap-while-im-away-twunflowercomp) - Were these the beans that Jack swapped for the cow?
- [Runt of the litter](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/sunflowers-2) - This sunflower was the smallest when planted . . . . . . now it is almost 7ft tall and just forming a flower. See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from robertz
- [Sunflowers vs tomatoes @twunflowercomp](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/sunflowers-vs-tomatoes-twunflowercomp) - I'm not sure anyone can beat @llamakevin 's magnificent field of sunflowers. Our tallest one continues to grow, but no sign of a flower yet . . . However, the tomatoes are really coming on: lots of flowers and fruit forming. We could be tomato-ed out in a few weeks. Posted via email from robertz
- [#Sunflowers are racing to compete in the @twunflowercomp ](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/sunflowers-are-racing-to-compete-in-the-twunflowercomp) - Three days away and the sunflowers have shot up . . . They obviously enjoy the combination of warmth, light and rain . . . . . . although I'd like to know who is munching away at the leaves. Who else is growing sunflowers? Have you entered the sunny sunflower @twunflowercomp on twitter? It's
- [Will this #sunflower be a winner in the @twunflowercomp?](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/will-this-sunflower-be-a-winner-in-the-twunflowercomp) - Are you growing sunflowers? Have you entered the Sunny Sunflower Competition 2010 on twitter at @twunflowercomp?
- [A sunflower appears with its hat on](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/sunflower-appears-with-hat) - Following an invitation from @stu_art_ist and @TweetsBySkeet, I have joined the @TwunFlowerComp on twitter.
- [One of these days one of these sunflowers will flower!](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/one-of-these-days-one-of-these-sunflowers-will-flower) - The smallest of our four sunflowers has now overtaken the other three and is now some 10ft tall, adding three or four inches every day.
- [And the sunflowers are out too @twunflowercomp](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/and-the-sunflowers-are-out-too-twunflowercomp) - Seemed to have waited a long time for these too, but they're beautiful now in flower . . .
- [So many activities in Ilfracombe . . . here's 45](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/so-many-activities-in-ilfracombe-heres-45) - When people say "it's raining, there's nothing to do", Ilfracombe is the place to be. There are lots of things to do in this seaside resort on the North Devon coast. In fact, the Ilfracombe and District Tourism Association have put them into a leaflet, which you can view online.
- [No spread, please](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/food-drink/no-spread-please) - hate the concept of spread. It sounds industrial, unappetising and harmful, like something you'd use to repair a pot-holed road, smear on a rash or apply to a vegetable plot.
- [Visit Ilfracombe in 2011 . . . see interactive online visitor guide](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/visit-ilfracombe-in-2011-see-interactive-online-visitor-guide) - The latest guide to Ilfracombe in North Devon is out now. You can view it online or download a PDF.
- [Audition for A Midsummer Night's Dream in Ilfracombe](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/theatre-entertainment-ilfracombe-devon/audition-for-a-midsummer-nights-dream-in-ilfracombe) - Would you like to appear in Studio Theatre's June 2011 production of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream?
- [Blowing my bottle top in Ilfracombe in an attempt to recycle](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/blowing-my-bottle-top-in-ilfracombe-in-an-attempt-to-recycle) - The recycling company that has been collecting the bottle tops he collected will no longer do this as it's not worth their while.
- [Garden growth in 2011](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/garden-growth-in-2011) - I am also surprised at how advanced the hydrangeas are already; their buds are quite big and I hope they don't think that because the December snow and ice have gone that spring is just round the corner.
- [My life's essentials . . . an introduction](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/my-lifes-essentials/my-lifes-essentials-an-introduction) - What is essential in life? Not just desirable, but really essential. What would you miss a lot, if you couldn't have it?
- [Who's to blame?](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/whos-to-blame) - Pointing the finger is easy; it's identifying the right target that is more difficult. That's why the rush to blame bankers, not only for the financial crisis but pretty much everything else that's wrong with our economy and public finances, makes me feel uneasy.
- [Patterns in the frost](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/patterns-in-the-frost) - Everywhere I look I see patterns in the frost and cold. Here are just a few from Bicclescombe Park, Ilfracombe, North Devon. See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from robertz
- [Industry at Taunton Deane](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/industry-at-taunton-deane) - While many humans stayed at home during the cold spell, I spotted these industrious characters at Taunton Deane services on the M5, no doubt touting for titbits.
- [Better business representation and support for businesses in Ilfracombe and Barnstaple](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/better-business-representation-and-support-for-businesses-in-ilfracombe-and-barnstaple) - orth Devon is a beautiful place in which to live and run a business, but it's not always so easy to do the latter. There are a number of initiatives under way to help businesses in Ilfracombe.
- [A fluid force . . . ](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/a-fluid-force-east-wilder-brook-bicclescombe-park-ilfracombe-north-devon-ndevon) - In Bicclescombe Park, the East Wilder Brook is flowing fast and I was reminded of some video footage I took in July 2009. I've just looked it out and uploaded it.
- [Crisp, snap, spray & quack](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/crisp-snap-spray-quack) - Such a beautiful day, although the ducks in Bicclescombe Park this morning did not too lively and one stared me out . . .
- [Drama in the skies . . .](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/drama-in-the-skies) - The contrasting bands of light and dark and the drama in the skies were fascinating this afternoon.
- [Please rest awhile and pass the time of day . . .](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/please-rest-awhile-and-pass-the-time-of-day) - . . . as Peter Fairchild loved to.
- [Sunday morning croissants . . .](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/food-drink/sunday-morning-croissants) - . . . worth getting up at 7am to prepare from the dough made last night . . .
- [As I went up a hill this morning . . . #ilfracombe #ndevon #travel](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/as-i-went-up-a-hill-this-morning-ilfracombe-ndevon-travel) - . . . I saw the sunrise from Hillsborough in Ilfracombe and took some photos as it was a beautiful morning . . .
- [Saying goodbye to the inspiration from John Prescott that failed to launch me as an international artist](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/saying-goodbye-to-the-inspiration-from-john-prescott-that-failed-to-launch-me-as-an-international-artist) - The news that the M4 bus lane, so closely associated with John Prescott, is to be scrapped reminded me of a painting which it had inspired me to 'create'.
- [See superb cast photos of Mack and Mabel](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/theatre-entertainment-ilfracombe-devon/see-superb-cast-photos-of-mack-and-mabel) - See photos of Studio Theatre's and Small Pond Production's forthcoming North Devon premiere of Mack and Mabel at the Landmark Theatre, Ilfracombe on 14-16 October 2010.
- [In and out the alleyways, up above the pavement . . .](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/in-and-out-the-alleyways-up-above-the-pavement) - . . . different views of Ilfracombe and the sea a beautiful colour today.
- [Two moody views of the sea . . .](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/two-moody-views-of-the-sea) - . . . looking east from Hillsborough in Ilfracombe . . . . . . and looking west . . . . . . taken on 24 September 2010 in North Devon Posted via email from robertz
- [Evening views of flowers in the garden . . .](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/evening-views-of-flowers-in-the-garden) - Evening views of flowers in the garden . . .
- [Surrounded by the sea: views of Ilfracombe, North Devon in late afternoon autumn sunlight](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/surrounded-by-the-sea-views-of-ilfracombe-north-devon-in-late-afternoon-autumn-sunlight) - Surrounded by the sea: views of Ilfracombe, North Devon in late afternoon autumn sunlight
- [What is it about the sea?](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/what-is-it-about-the-sea) - Views of the MS Oldenburg approaching Ilfracombe Quay on an autumnal afternoon plus one of the harbour. Beautiful whatever the time of year and weather.
- [Sponsor Mack and Mabel at the Landmark Theatre, Ilfracombe](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/theatre-entertainment-ilfracombe-devon/sponsor-mack-and-mabel-at-the-landmark-theatre-ilfracombe) - To help us bring this high quality production to North Devon, we seek sponsorship from local businesses to support it.
- [See the North Devon premiere of Mack and Mabel in Ilfracombe in October 2010](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/theatre-entertainment-ilfracombe-devon/see-the-north-devon-premiere-of-mack-and-mabel-in-ilfracombe-in-october-2010) - Studio Theatre and Small Pond Productions present the North Devon premiere of Mack and Mabel in October 2010.
- [Today we picked 3 3/4lb of blackberries to make jam](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/food-drink/today-we-picked-3-34lb-of-blackberries-to-make-jam) - The fruit has ripened later this year up Hillsborough in Ilfracombe and there are lots of lovely berries ready for jam making.
- [Celebrate the sea this September at SeaIlfracombe in North Devon](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/celebrate-the-sea-this-september-at-seailfracombe-in-north-devon) - Ilfracombe in North Devon will be awash with maritime activities for all the family from Friday 10 to Sunday 12 September 2010 when the second SeaIlfracombe festival celebrates the town’s sea heritage from Iron Age origins to the present.
- [Long distance tomatoes finally ripening](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/long-distance-tomatoes-finally-ripening) - The fruit has been growing for ages, it seems, but the tomatoes are finally starting to ripen.
- [Sunset storm blazes in the sky in Ilfracombe #ndevon](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/sunset-storm-blazes-in-the-sky-in-ilfracombe-ndevon) - This evening's fiery orange light mixed with a rainstorm produced these effects . . .
- [Preparing for this evening's performance of Summer Showtime at the Landmark Pavilion, Ilfracombe](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/preparing-for-this-evenings-performance-of-summer-showtime-at-the-landmark-pavilion-ilfracombe) - Summer comedy, song and dance entertainment for all the family in North Devon Starts at 8.15pm on Mondays 26 July, 2, 9, 16 and 23 August. Tickets £8. Book tickets on 01271 324242 or online. Posted via email from robertz
- [All swell in the garden](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/all-swell-in-the-garden) - The welcome rain is giving everything a rush. The apple trees need a summer prune, although the apples are coming along nicely. The tomato forest in the shed is reaching the roof and fruit is forming and growing. See and download the full gallery on posterous The runner bean wall is covered with flowers and
- [Beautiful morning in Ilfracombe. I could have walked forever . . .](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/beautiful-morning-in-ilfracombe-i-could-have-walked-forever) - See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from robertz
- [Saucy romp at the seaside? Not Now Darling in Ilfracombe, North Devon](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/theatre-entertainment-ilfracombe-devon/saucy-romp-at-the-seaside-not-now-darling-in-ilfracombe-north-devon) - Studio Theatre's production of Not Now Darling brings this farce to the Landmark Theatre, Ilfracombe, North Devon on Sundays in July and August 2010
- [Simmering sunsets from Ilfracombe, North Devon](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/simmering-sunsets-ilfracombe-north-devon) - The sunsets over the past week have been remarkable . . .
- [Larkstone Beach, Ilfracombe](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/larkstone-beach-ilfracombe) - Rockpools and the harbour from Larkstone Beach, Ilfracombe
- [Who's getting fruity in the garden?](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/whos-getting-fruity-in-the-garden) - Now the flowers on the bushes are developing into flowers. The raspberries look good . . .
- [Hoping the foxgloves will last this year in North Devon](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/hoping-the-foxgloves-will-last-this-year-in-north-devon) - Wild foxgloves are just coming into flower this year up Hillsborough in Ilfracombe . . .
- [The rain has been good for the garden but some plants have been beaten down](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/the-rain-has-been-good-for-the-garden-but-some-plants-have-been-beaten-down) - Our poppies are almost horizontal . . . . . . but generally plants seem to be the better for the water and now the temperature is rising again . . . Posted via web from robertz's posterous
- [I've got the blues, but they feel good . . . in Ilfracombe #ndevon](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/ive-got-the-blues-but-they-feel-good-in-ilfracombe-ndevon) - Everywhere is blue this morning.
- [June flowers in our garden](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/june-flowers) - It's a wonderful time of year when so many plants start to flower . . .
- [Seven months on, should I revisit my views on joining a gym?](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/seven-months-on-should-i-revisit-my-views-on-joining-a-gym) - Posted via web from robertz's posterous
- [More poppies out today in the garden](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/more-poppies-out-today-in-the-garden) - They're flowering thick and fast . . .
- [Views from Hillsborough, Ilfracombe, North Devon](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/hillsborough-ilfracombe-north-devon) - Out with the dogs and camera this Bank Holiday morning up Hillsborough snapping away . . .
- [Cheered by vibrant summer poppies](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/cheered-by-vibrant-summer-poppies) - This summer our two red poppy plants promise a magnificent display.
- [North Devon needs an MP who will stand up for it](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/north-devon-needs-an-mp-who-will-stand-up-for-it) - The general election. We knew it was coming. I'm sure many people don't want it, even though we need it. We needed it last year, but we have had to wait.
- [Good Friday hot cross buns from the Pantry, Ilfracombe](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/good-friday-hot-cross-buns-from-the-pantry-ilfracombe) - Breakfast on a Good Friday is a one-off for us: a supply of freshly baked hot cross buns from the Pantry in Ilfracombe High Street, North Devon.
- [Will the government unleash another pitbull?](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/will-government-unleash-another-pitbull) - My recommendation: focus on people and apply existing measures so that the perpetrators know they cannot abuse the law and the police and, what's more, cannot abuse the dogs, who are the ones that suffer most.
- [Shhhhhhhhh! I want peace and quiet](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/shhhhhhhhh-i-want-peace-and-quiet) - What is it about unceasing noise and activity that is so exciting? I don't know. I've lived and worked in London, was born under the Heathrow Airport flight path, have been jostled by crowds at big events and on city streets, have listened to the unending rumble of distant traffic, so I'm well acquainted with hustle and bustle, but I've always sought peace and quiet.
- [Restart](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/restart) - So now I aim to write more and add more to the novel.
- [Counting to Christmas](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/counting-to-christmas) - I've always enjoyed the simpler aspects of Christmas and find this more so as my hair diminishes. Yesterday we lit our Advent calendar (thanks, Neil) for the first time, an event I find helps put everything into perspective. Like many, I've had a hectic, challenging year and look forward to slowing down at Christmas and
- [Deceptively serene water](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/deceptively-serene-water) - Thinking of the residents of Cockermouth in Cumbria and hoping that they can return to normal life as soon as possible after the floods, it struck me how powerful water is.
- [A hidden jewel](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/a-hidden-jewel) - The more I perform at the Landmark, the more I realise what a wonderful theatre this is. A newcomer to the company was impressed with the facilities and agreed what a marvellous asset it is for Ilfracombe.
- [Oh, What a Lovely War! See the ever-popular war game with songs, jokes and a few battles in Ilfracombe](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/theatre-entertainment-ilfracombe-devon/oh-what-a-lovely-war-see-the-ever-popular-war-game-with-songs-jokes-and-a-few-battles-in-ilfracombe) - Studio Theatre’s production of Oh, What a Lovely War! at the Landmark Theatre, Ilfracombe, North Devon combines the songs that united the ordinary soldiers of the Great War with a wry look at the politicians and officers in charge of the carnage.
- [A beautiful seaside evening in Ilfracombe, North Devon](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/a-beautiful-seaside-evening-in-ilfracombe-north-devon) - Sometimes it's too easy to miss what we have now. This evening we wandered down to the seafront and enjoyed a pint of Wizard Brewery's Old Combe at the Landmark Beer Festival.
- [Keeping trim](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/keeping-trim) - I've had a bit of a autumnal spring clean of this blog
- [Stacey Kent at the Plough Torrington Saturday 10 October 2009](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/theatre-entertainment-ilfracombe-devon/stacey-kent-plough-arts-torrington) - From the very first note she sang it was clear that those of us lucky enough to be in the audience at the Plough Arts Centre, Torrington last night were about to experience two hours of the most sublime singing from Stacey Kent along with husband, composer, producer and saxophonist Jim Tomlinson and backed by
- [Lemon Surprise](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/food-drink/lemon-surprise) - A deliciously tangy lemon sponge/soufflé dessert.
- [The North Devon Mini Grand Tour 2009 in Ilfracombe](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/north-devon-mini-grand-tour-ilfracombe) - We were lucky to watch the hundreds of minis drive into Ilfracombe this afternoon on the North Devon Mini Grand Tour 2009 in aid of Children’s Hospice South West.
- [The Vicar of Dibley returns to Ilfracombe for December 2009](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/theatre-entertainment-ilfracombe-devon/the-vicar-of-dibley-returns-to-ilfracombe-for-december-2009) - Once again, Ilfracombe in North Devon will be offering audiences in search of special entertainment something fresh and new for Christmas when Small Pond Production's original cast from their 2007 UK amateur stage premiere re-assemble for a new stage version of the Vicar of Dibley on Friday 18th and Saturday 19th December 2009 at the Landmark Theatre.
- [See The Sound of Musicals in Ilfracombe 9 & 16 August 2009](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/theatre-entertainment-ilfracombe-devon/see-the-sound-of-musicals-in-ilfracombe-9-16-august-2009) - The Sound of Musicals features the music and lyrics of Rodgers & Hammerstein and is devised and directed by Lee Baxendale.
- [The Balmoral visits Ilfracombe, North Devon](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/the-balmoral-visits-ilfracombe-north-devon) - The MV Balmoral was just coming in and people were queuing to board.
- [When You're Smiling II @ Landmark Pavilion, Ilfracombe, North Devon](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/theatre-entertainment-ilfracombe-devon/when-youre-smiling-ii-landmark-pavilion-ilfracombe-north-devon) - Studio Theatre recreates film, radio comedy and musical stars who kept Britain smiling through the war years in a fast-moving tribute show.
- [Hobson's Choice in Ilfracombe, Croyde & Pilton, North Devon](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/theatre-entertainment-ilfracombe-devon/hobsons-choice-in-ilfracombe-croyde-pilton-north-devon) - Studio Theatre will be staging Harold Brighouse's comedy, Hobson's Choice, at the Landmark Theatre, Ilfracombe and at Croyde and Pilton in North Devon.
- [The Bicclescombe Nine](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/the-bicclescombe-nine) - Over the past few months, we've been lucky to have two fleets of ducklings hatch in Bicclescombe Park, Ilfracombe, North Devon. Five from the first twelve have survived the predatory seagulls and four from the second six have also grown to adulthood: a 50% survival rate overall. I've taken hundreds of photos, but not had
- [Chicken in ginger, soy sauce, honey and sherry ](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/food-drink/chicken-ginger-soy-sauce-honey-sherry) - I found this recipe in a Potato Marketing Board leaflet at a food fair many years ago. What is has do with China apart from soy sauce, I don\'t know, but I like it. (You could always substitute noodles for potato.)
- [Jack-in-the-Green welcomes summer to Ilfracombe](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/jack-in-the-green-ilfracombe) - Grey clouds and spots of rain could not put off the procession to Ilfracombe of Jack-in-the Green to welcome summer.
- [Ilfracombe Victorian Celebration programme launched at Jack-in-the-Green celebrations](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/ilfracombe-victorian-celebration-jack-in-the-green) - Ilfracombe Victorian Celebration launches its 24-page colour 2009 programme packed with over 50 Victorian-themed events from 6th to 14th June 2009.
- [What a wonderful day for . . .](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/what-a-wonderful-day-for) - . . . admiring the daffodils up Hillsborough . . . . . . followed by some gardening perhaps . . . . . . maybe not in this hail and rain . . . How many different types of weather can we have in one day? Ah well, there's plenty of other things to
- [Ilfracombe pancake race 2009](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/ilfracombe-pancake-race-2009) - I paid a hurried visit to support the event, which was well-attended by children from the town\'s schools, Ilfracombe Victorian Celebration and the High Street traders themselves.
- [Ilfracombe High Street Traders revive pancake race](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/ilfracombe-high-st-pancake-race) - Ilfracombe High Street Traders revive pancake race
- [Rainbow Corner Café, Ilfracombe](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/rainbow-corner-cafe-ilfracombe) - We\'d been meaning to pop in and see what the Rainbow Corner Café was like for some time as it\'s changed hands several times in the past few years, so yesterday we made it and it was wonderful.
- [Networking article in the North Devon Journal](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/networking-article-in-the-north-devon-journal) - I\'m in the North Devon Journal this week, pictured next to a llama called Wilbur, in an article about online networking and how it can help businesses in North Devon.
- [Tender to develop a proposal to improve Ilfracombe seafront](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/tender-ilfracombe-seafront-improvement) - North Devon Council is tendering for a company to develop a proposal to improve Ilfracombe seafront.
- [Government to impose speed limits on finger-nails](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/government-to-impose-speed-limits-on-finger-nails) - Why do they grow so fast? What\'s the point? No sooner than you cut them, they grow again. And it\'s not just finger-nails, it\'s toe-nails and hair too.
- [Do visitors to the UK want plastic restaurants and hotels?](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/do-visitors-to-uk-want-plastic-restaurants-and-hotels) - What puts me off visiting hotels and restaurants is their plasticisation.
- [Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr keep that camera steady](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr-keep-that-camera-steady) - know it\'s only down to -3°C here, but that\'s cold for this part of the world. Yesterday morning I took the camera out as I walked the dogs before dawn;
- [Boxing Day at Woolacombe](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/boxing-day-at-woolacombe) - We went for a walk with our dogs on Woolacombe beach on Boxing Day . . .
- [Looking back, looking forwards](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/looking-back-looking-forwards) - It\'s been a funny old year. We waited in expectation for the summer and now look back to when it should have been.
- [Elephant hawk moth on my fuchsias again](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/elephant-hawk-moth-fuchsias) - Two years ago I found this fellow on one of our fuchsias . . .
- [My top 10 Christmas food and drink choices](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/food-drink/top-10-christmas-foods) - or me, Christmas fare is a mixture of tradition, family favourites, magical flavours and aromas, and memories of relatives.
- [Ifracombe on the up . . .  possibly . . .  perhaps](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/ifracombe-on-the-up) - With all the gloomy news in the papers and on the television, I opened the North Devon Journal to find rays of light shining out from the pages this morning.
- [Orange and ginger sausages from Mike Turton Family Butcher](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/orange-and-ginger-sausages) - A new recipe and wonderfully delicious, we tried these new sausages from Mike Turton Family Butcher in Ilfracombe High Street.
- [Time management, fitness, organisation, life](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/time-fitness-organisation-life) - Some people who know me wouldn\'t necessarily describe me as the tidiest person in the world. Being tidy is not the first aim in life,
- [Small Pond Productions presents It's Christmaaas at the Landmark Theatre, Ilfracombe](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/theatre-entertainment-ilfracombe-devon/christmaaas-landmark-theatre) - t wouldn\'t be Christmas in Ilfracombe without a festive show at the Landmark Theatre. After last year\'s smash-hit production of The Vicar of Dibley, this year Small Pond Productions presents It\'s Christmaaas
- [From autumn to winter](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/from-autumn-to-winter) - The wind is howling outside as I write, tearing down the valley towards the sea and throwing rain against the sides of the house.
- [Mystical Lundy Island](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/mystical-lundy-island) - Sometimes it\'s there, sometimes it isn\'t: Lundy Island.
- [Plunge pie - a meal in one](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/food-drink/plunge-pie-a-meal-in-one) - It wasn\'t my fault. Someone else started talking about pies and the conversation moved on to plunge pies made by Mike Turton Family Butcher in Ilfracombe High Street.
- [Discharged from Hobly City](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/discharged-from-hobly-city) - Last night I confess I watched television: I just wanted to be entertained without effort.
- [Managing time management](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/managing-time-management) - I admit it\'s not easy. You plan to do something, then something unplanned, like work, lands in your mailbox.
- [Summer sunset, twilight and night in Ilfracombe](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/summer-sunset-ilfracombe) - A magical time, the evening . . .
- [Balmoral's first 2008 pleasure cruise from Ilfracombe](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/balmoral-cruise-ilfracombe) - What a glorious July day, just right for the first excursion of the pleasure steamer \'Balmoral\' from Ilfracombe.
- [Ilfracombe Sunday blues](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/ilfracombe-sunday-blues) - Just take a walk and see what you will find . . .
- [Why Ilfracombe?](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/why-ilfracombe) - A good question. Many think of the town as well past its sell-by date with Victorian and Edwardian buildings crumbling, hotels closing down and shops looking shabby. Superficially, this is true.
- [July Sunday in Ilfracombe](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/july-sunday-in-ilfracombe) - After a night of rain and storm, this morning was beautiful. The walk round the north side of Hillsborough revealed some atmospheric views as the sun struggled to break through the cloud.
- [Bicclescombe Park on an autumn morning](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/bicclescombe-park-autumn) - I took my camera with me yesterday to record what a beautiful, tranquil spot this is, even when it\'s cold and grey.
- [What happened to the soft landing you promised?](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/what-soft-landing-promised) - The investor asked the economist, clutching his badly battered backside.
- [The battle for Bicclescombe Park](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/amusing/battle-for-bicclescombe-park) - If you know Ilfracombe, you may know Bicclescombe Park, a delightfully peaceful haven hidden towards the Score Valley.
- [Winter in, boats out](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/winter-in-boats-out) - s we turn back the clocks for winter, in Ilfracombe many of the boats have been lifted out of the harbour on to the quay and harbour car parks to protect them from the ferocity of the stormy weather until next spring.
- [The stage is set for Me And My Girl](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/theatre-entertainment-ilfracombe-devon/stage-set-for-me-and-my-girl) - Anyone who is involved in theatre will know what goes into producing a show, so it\'s quite exciting when
- [Me And My Girl coming to Ilfracombe](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/theatre-entertainment-ilfracombe-devon/me-and-my-girl-ilfracombe) - ow, a lot of people criticise the Landmark Theatre, calling it a blot on the landscape or looking like a nuclear power station,
- [The crispy crunch of a . . .](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/food-drink/crispy-crunch-home-grown-apple) - . . . home-grown apple is one of the delights of late summer and early autumn.
- [Ending another afternoon blackberrying . . .](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/ending-afternoon-blackberrying) - . . . up Hillsborough as another beautiful sunset develops over Ilfracombe . . .
- [Why get out of bed?](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/why-get-out-of-bed) - It can be difficult some days, especially when it\'s dark, cloudy, you feel tired and the news on the radio is depressing.
- [When the sun is going . . .](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/when-the-sun-is-going) - . . . the colours and shades are intricate but fleeting.
- [Studio Theatre & Small Pond present Me and My Girl at the Landmark Theatre](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/theatre-entertainment-ilfracombe-devon/me-and-my-girl-landmark) - Studio Theatre and Small Pond Productions are delighted to present Me and My Girl at the Landmark Theatre, Ilfracombe, Devon
- [All the fun of the fair at Ilfracombe quay](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/all-the-fun-of-the-fair-at-ilfracombe-quay) - The fair has come to town . . . to Ilfracombe quay . . .
- [A summer bonus](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/food-drink/a-summer-bonus) - Summer, you ask? Yes, today was beautiful, so after pruning fuchsias, we went for a walk up Hillsborough with the dogs and started blackberrying.
- [Beans doing a runner](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/wild/beans-doing-a-runner) - It\'s been a very wet and dull August here, which hasn\'t helped our runner beans. We were late planting them out as we had to prepare our new vegetable plot.
- [Home-made fish cakes and chips with pickled onions](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/food-drink/home-made-fish-cakes-chips) - Not something that we eat every day, but a wonderful occasional treat, especially when you can buy fresh cod or other white white fish and local potatoes
- [Sun has got its hat on for Ilfracombe Carnival 2008](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/sunny-ilfracombe-carnival-2008) - It was a wonderful, dry evening and people lined the streets without coats as we waited for the 2008 Ilfracombe Carnival procession to leave Hillsborough.
- [Ilfracombe Carnival - Thursday 21st August 2008](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/ilfracombe-carnival-2008) - The town\'s residents and holiday visitors will be turning out for Ilfracombe Carnival, in aid of St John\'s Ambulance Brigade, on the evening of Thursday 21st August 2008.
- [10 years of Musical Magic](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/theatre-entertainment-ilfracombe-devon/10-years-of-musical-magic) - Studio Theatre celebrates 10 years of its popular summer musical shows on the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Landmark Theatre by performing . . .
- [Ilfracombe Birdman competition Sunday 3rd August 2008](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/ilfracombe-birdman-2008) - On Sunday 3rd August 2008 Ilfracombe Pier will host the annual South West Birdman competition
- [Come to Rescue Day 2008 in Ilfracombe, Devon](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/rescue-day-2008-ilfracombe) - Rescue Day in Ilfracombe, Devon on Wednesday 13th August is Britain\'s biggest emergency services live charity display day
- [Blithe Spirit haunts North Devon](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/theatre-entertainment-ilfracombe-devon/blithe-spirit-haunts-north-devon) - A production of Noel Coward\'s Blithe Spirit performed by Studio Theatre is set to haunt the Landmark Theatre, Ilfracombe and Berrynarbor and Woolacombe.
- [When You're Smiling in North Devon](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/theatre-entertainment-ilfracombe-devon/when-youre-smiling-in-north-devon) - When You\'re Smiling, devised by Mike Bennett, is a bubbling summer mix of 1940s song, dance and comedy by Studio Theatre at the Landmark Pavilion, Ilfracombe.
- [Wildcurl.co.uk offers a guide to life in North Devon](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/wildcurlcouk-offers-a-guide-to-life-in-north-devon) - WildCurl.co.uk is your new guide to the North Devon area. You can search for events, places or groups on the site.
- [Summer Showtime in Ilfracombe](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/theatre-entertainment-ilfracombe-devon/summer-showtime-ilfracombe) - After its success with The Vicar of Dibley, Small Pond Productions returns with a brand new weekly Monday-night Summer Showtime.
- [When did you last eat fresh produce?](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/when-do-you-eat-fresh-produce) - Probably never if you\'ve always shopped at a supermarket, for their produce has to be chilled, stored or worse to preserve it
- [RNLI Summer Splash in Ilfracombe - Sunday 6th July 2008](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/ilfracombe-north-devon/rnli-summer-splash-ilfracombe) - The RNLI is hosting its Summer Splash at the Landmark Theatre, Ilfracombe on Sunday 6th July 2008 from 1pm. There\'ll be rescue demonstrations in and around Wildersmouth Bay plus fun and refreshments inside the Pavilion.
- [Drama coming . . .](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/theatre-entertainment-ilfracombe-devon/drama-coming) - . . . soon

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- [MV Balmoral](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/mv-balmoral)
- [Sound of Musicals](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/sound-of-musicals)
- [Lee Baxendale](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/lee-baxendale)
- [Rodgers & Hammerstein](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/rodgers-hammerstein)
- [August 2009](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/august-2009)
- [The Vicar of Dibley](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/the-vicar-of-dibley)
- [stage show](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/stage-show)
- [18](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/18)
- [19](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/19)
- [December](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/december)
- [Landmark Beer Festival](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/landmark-beer-festival)
- [promenade](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/promenade)
- [Maddy's fish and chips](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/maddys-fish-and-chips)
- [Wizard Ales](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/wizard-ales)
- [Old Coombe](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/old-coombe)
- [Minis](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/minis)
- [Grand Tour](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/grand-tour)
- [lemon](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/lemon)
- [surprise](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/surprise)
- [soufflé](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/souffle)
- [sponge](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/sponge)
- [dessert](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/dessert)
- [Oh What a Lovely War](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/oh-what-a-lovely-war)
- [drama](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/drama)
- [pierrot](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/pierrot)
- [Stacey Kent](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/stacey-kent)
- [singer](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/singer)
- [jazz](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/jazz)
- [Plough Arts Centre](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/plough-arts-centre)
- [Jim Tomlinson](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/jim-tomlinson)
- [spring clean](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/spring-clean)
- [autumnal](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/autumnal)
- [blog](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/blog)
- [trim](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/trim)
- [water](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/water)
- [torrent](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/torrent)
- [East Wilder Brook](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/east-wilder-brook)
- [Vicar of Dibley](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/vicar-of-dibley)
- [Oh](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/oh)
- [What a Lovely War!](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/what-a-lovely-war)
- [Brussels sprouts](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/brussels-sprouts)
- [soup](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/soup)
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- [insurance](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/insurance)
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- [sunflowers](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/sunflower-twunflowercomp)
- [sunflower](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/sunflower)
- [competition](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/competition)
- [TwunFlowerComp](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/twunflowercomp)
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- [facebook](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/facebook)
- [hot cross buns](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/hot-cross-buns)
- [Good Friday](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/good-friday)
- [the Pantry](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/the-pantry)
- [general election](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/general-election)
- [MP](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/mp)
- [poppy](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/poppy)
- [poppies](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/poppies)
- [heads](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/heads)
- [flowers](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/flowers)
- [vibrant](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/vibrant)
- [red](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/red)
- [Sea Views](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/sea-views)
- [flowering](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/flowering)
- [garden](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/garden)
- [June](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/june)
- [roses](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/roses)
- [evening primroses](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/evening-primroses)
- [sea thrift](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/sea-thrift)
- [chives](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/chives)
- [comfrey](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/comfrey)
- [blue](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/blue)
- [sea](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/sea)
- [sky](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/sky)
- [Larkstone](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/larkstone)
- [evening](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/evening)
- [light](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/light)
- [magical](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/magical)
- [foxgloves](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/foxgloves)
- [walkers](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/walkers)
- [blackberries](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/blackberries)
- [gardening](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/gardening)
- [raspberries](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/raspberries)
- [blackcurrants](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/blackcurrants)
- [tomatoes](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/tomatoes)
- [Rock pools](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/rock-pools)
- [simmering](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/simmering)
- [sunsets](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/sunsets)
- [colours](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/colours)
- [shades](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/shades)
- [north](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/north)
- [farce](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/farce)
- [Ray Cooney](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/ray-cooney)
- [ndevon](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/ndevon)
- [rain](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/rain)
- [marine](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/marine)
- [maritime](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/maritime)
- [history](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/history)
- [festival](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/festival)
- [trails](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/trails)
- [blackberry](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/blackberry)
- [jam](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/jam)
- [making](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/making)
- [Mack and Mabel](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/mack-and-mabel)
- [October](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/october)
- [2010](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/2010)
- [premiere](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/premiere)
- [sponsorship](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/sponsorship)
- [MS Oldenburg](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/ms-oldenburg)
- [hydrangea](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/hydrangea)
- [daisies](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/daisies)
- [views](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/views)
- [art](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/art)
- [painting](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/painting)
- [John Prescott](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/john-prescott)
- [bus lane](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/bus-lane)
- [oldest lighthouse](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/oldest-lighthouse)
- [croissants](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/croissants)
- [dough](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/dough)
- [Hiisborough](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/hiisborough)
- [rest](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/rest)
- [Peter Fairchild](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/peter-fairchild)
- [skies](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/skies)
- [thunder](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/thunder)
- [lightning](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/lightning)
- [ducks](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/ducks)
- [trees](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/trees)
- [waterfalls](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/waterfalls)
- [stream](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/stream)
- [forum](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/forum)
- [rooks](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/rooks)
- [Taunton Deane](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/taunton-deane)
- [Somerset](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/somerset)
- [birds](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/birds)
- [Brown Betty](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/brown-betty)
- [teapot](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/teapot)
- [traditional](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/traditional)
- [tea](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/tea)
- [bankers](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/bankers)
- [banks](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/banks)
- [financial crisis](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/financial-crisis)
- [finances](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/finances)
- [blame](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/blame)
- [responsibility](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/responsibility)
- [economy](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/economy)
- [important](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/important)
- [desirable](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/desirable)
- [family](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/family)
- [friends](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/friends)
- [pets](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/pets)
- [special](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/special)
- [camellias](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/camellias)
- [apple tree](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/apple-tree)
- [snow](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/snow)
- [ice](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/ice)
- [plastic](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/plastic)
- [bottle](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/bottle)
- [tops](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/tops)
- [recycling](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/recycling)
- [Auditions](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/auditions)
- [A Midsummer Night's Dream](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/a-midsummer-nights-dream)
- [William Shakespeare](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/william-shakespeare)
- [June 2011](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/june-2011)
- [North Devon Festival](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/north-devon-festival)
- [United Kingdom](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/united-kingdom)
- [UK](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/uk)
- [west country](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/west-country)
- [holidays](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/holidays)
- [visitors](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/visitors)
- [short breaks](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/short-breaks)
- [leisure](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/leisure)
- [butter](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/butter)
- [spread](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/spread)
- [healthy](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/healthy)
- [diet](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/diet)
- [simple](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/simple)
- [enjoy](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/enjoy)
- [activities](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/activities)
- [accommodation](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/accommodation)
- [peace](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/peace)
- [serenity](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/serenity)
- [life's essentials](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/lifes-essentials)
- [Edit Post ‹ robzlog & robznov — WordPress](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/edit-post-‹-robzlog-robznov-—-wordpress)
- [crocus](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/crocus)
- [hyacinth](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/hyacinth)
- [daffodil](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/daffodil)
- [heather](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/heather)
- [snowdrop](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/snowdrop)
- [camellia](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/camellia)
- [statue](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/statue)
- [Daffodils](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/daffodils)
- [snowdrops](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/snowdrops)
- [primroses](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/primroses)
- [hill fort](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/hill-fort)
- [ancient](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/ancient)
- [blossom](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/blossom)
- [Round House](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/round-house)
- [Torrs](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/torrs)
- [Cairn](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/cairn)
- [pigeon](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/pigeon)
- [pussy willow](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/pussy-willow)
- [shoots](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/shoots)
- [robin](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/robin)
- [Putsborough](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/putsborough)
- [apricot](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/apricot)
- [seedling](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/seedling)
- [stone](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/stone)
- [seed](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/seed)
- [pollination](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/pollination)
- [peacock](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/peacock)
- [butterfly](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/butterfly)
- [primrose](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/primrose)
- [nectarine](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/nectarine)
- [county](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/county)
- [flower](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/flower)
- [seedlings](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/seedlings)
- [holly](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/holly)
- [bluebells](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/bluebells)
- [magnolias](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/magnolias)
- [tree](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/tree)
- [Ladybirds](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/ladybirds)
- [bees.blackcurrants](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/bees-blackcurrants)
- [bushes](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/bushes)
- [bee](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/bee)
- [ducklings](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/ducklings)
- [mother](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/mother)
- [fleet](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/fleet)
- [broad beans](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/broad-beans)
- [growth](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/growth)
- [RSC Open Stages](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/rsc-open-stages)
- [Shakespeare](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/shakespeare)
- [horse chestnut](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/horse-chestnut)
- [conkers](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/conkers)
- [starling](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/starling)
- [free](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/free)
- [parking](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/parking)
- [shoppers](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/shoppers)
- [Alliance](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/alliance)
- [NDBA](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/ndba)
- [COMBEbusiness](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/combebusiness)
- [North Devon Journal](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/north-devon-journal)
- [hair](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/hair)
- [style](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/style)
- [over](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/over)
- [wig](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/wig)
- [comb](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/comb)
- [brochure](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/brochure)
- [2012](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/2012)
- [dining](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/dining)
- [holiday](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/holiday)
- [The Moody Blues](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/the-moody-blues)
- [Every Good Boy Deserves Favour](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/every-good-boy-deserves-favour)
- [top 10](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/top-10)
- [amazing](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/amazing)
- [tools](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/tools)
- [managing](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/managing)
- [balloon whisk](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/balloon-whisk)
- [life's](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/lifes)
- [essentials](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/essentials)
- [courtesy](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/courtesy)
- [Holborn](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/holborn)
- [Kingsway](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/kingsway)
- [courteous](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/courteous)
- [town](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/town)
- [Crohn's](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/crohns)
- [disease](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/disease)
- [school](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/school)
- [impact](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/impact)
- [children](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/children)
- [bone china](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/bone-china)
- [coffee](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/coffee)
- [great](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/great)
- [good](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/good)
- [words](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/words)
- [meanings](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/meanings)
- [goose](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/goose)
- [pimples](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/pimples)
- [bumps](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/bumps)
- [Robert](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/robert)
- [Peston](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/peston)
- [lamb](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/lamb)
- [steak](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/steak)
- [mackerel](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/mackerel)
- [Old Appledore](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/old-appledore)
- [salad](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/salad)
- [superb](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/superb)
- [meal](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/meal)
- [restaurant](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/restaurant-2)
- [persist](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/persist)
- [aims](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/aims)
- [goals](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/goals)
- [new](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/new)
- [year](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/year)
- [resolutions](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/resolutions)
- [Google+](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/google)
- [loved](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/loved)
- [relatives](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/relatives)
- [carer](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/carer)
- [age](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/age)
- [illness](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/illness)
- [meetings](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/meetings)
- [horse](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/horse)
- [meat](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/meat)
- [supermarket](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/supermarket)
- [burger](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/burger)
- [sausages](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/sausages)
- [fast](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/fast)
- [butcher](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/butcher)
- [description](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/description)
- [labelling](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/labelling)
- [shopping](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/shopping)
- [attention](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/attention)
- [love](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/love)
- [care](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/care)
- [individuals](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/individuals)
- [ageing](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/ageing)
- [heal](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/heal)
- [distraction](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/distraction)
- [hospital](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/hospital)
- [body](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/body)
- [mind](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/mind)
- [hospitals](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/hospitals)
- [physiotherapy](https://www.robzlog.co.uk/tag/physiotherapy)
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