Author Archives: Guthlac

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About Guthlac

An artist, historian and middle aged man who'se aim in life is to try and enjoy as much of it as he can

Wildflowers…

Posted on July 5, 2024 by Guthlac

The new wildflower garden is starting show some signs of promise.

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The Morning After…

Posted on July 5, 2024 by Guthlac

There are many takeaways from the election and I no doubt may get around to some of them in due course. Today I think it is a day of renewed hope which will undoubtedly be dashed as the weeks and … Continue reading →

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Election Day

Posted on July 4, 2024 by Guthlac

If you are eligible to vote today then…

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Six Days to Go…

Posted on June 28, 2024 by Guthlac

The time has come. With 6 days to go before the General Election, this will be for c 80% of the vote cast as c 20% has already been cast via postal voting, what do I think is going to … Continue reading →

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Declining Power…

Posted on June 26, 2024 by Guthlac

I could have called this post Continuity and Change but I didn’t. Instead, having slowly baked in the warm Suffolk sun, I’m really not a sun person, I went with this title. It is also apt for the election as … Continue reading →

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On this day…

Posted on June 22, 2024 by Guthlac

Back to the balmy days of 2022. If my memory serves me well I believe that COVID was still a real big thing – my brush with it, that I know of, didn’t happen for another few months. However, we … Continue reading →

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In Memory of William Reeve…

Posted on June 22, 2024 by Guthlac

The one fact I know about William Reeve is that there is a grave remembering him in a beautiful little churchyard set on a valley side deep in the east Leicestershire countryside. The church itself is some distance from the … Continue reading →

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Ever Decreasing Circles…

Posted on June 21, 2024 by Guthlac

What? This can’t be true! A nice summer’s day in this miserable June. Well yes it can be true and it was the perfect day to slowly criss cross rural east Leicestershire. The election seemed in another world and there … Continue reading →

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Blue Moon…

Posted on June 16, 2024 by Guthlac

I see the bad moon a-risin’ Creedence Clearwater Revival Today, the latest supa dupa poll in the Sunday Times suggests that the Conservatives will be down to 72 seats – and most of those seats will have a majority of … Continue reading →

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Cascade Failure…

Posted on June 14, 2024 by Guthlac

Many years ago when I used to write computer programs I used to create errors that caused Cascade Failure of the whole system. Not very good programming and usually the only way clear the error was to use the great … Continue reading →

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