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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

Christmas Time in Nottingham….

Posted on December 16, 2022 by Guthlac

Yesterday was a getting out day and so I rode an overcrowded tram into the centre of Nottingham to visit the latest exhibition at the Nottingham Contemporary art gallery: Hollow Earth: Art, Caves & The Subterranean Imaginary with my good … Continue reading →

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Backache…

Posted on December 10, 2022 by Guthlac

I’m sure I’ve moaned about this before somewhere on this blog but I have yet again my chronic back pain has flared up. The truth is is that there is nothing medieval science can do to help me as it … Continue reading →

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Barbara’s Bridge…

Posted on December 10, 2022 by Guthlac

It was bloody cold down by the River Humber and the Humber Bridge. The light was wonderful and it was well worth the trip. I have always thought that the bridge was a fitting memorial to one of the political … Continue reading →

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Cold Feet, Widgeon and Green Woodpeckers….

Posted on December 7, 2022 by Guthlac

It was the first dawn of the cold spell that is heading our way for the next few days and it was just me, a couple of friendly dogs, a Green Woodpecker and a few Wigeon. The wigeon are easy … Continue reading →

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Creative Drought…

Posted on December 5, 2022 by Guthlac

Christmas is coming and with it comes the end of the year. All very normal, all very festive but, and this is a very elephant size butt, I now have to start the process of creating my yearbooks and 2022 … Continue reading →

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Nightowl…

Posted on December 2, 2022 by Guthlac

Here we go again…a few days of respite and I am again feeling ‘under the weather’. Long Covid or something else? I don’t know but the one thing it has meant is, for various reasons, I am out walking the … Continue reading →

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It’s wet but not cold…

Posted on November 19, 2022 by Guthlac

Only a few weeks ago this pond was bone dry… now it’s not Such is the crazy world we now live in.

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What a SHITTY autumn this is turning out to be…

Posted on November 11, 2022 by Guthlac

So October was all about COVID: catching it, enduring it and recovering from it. November has now disabused me of any notion that I am finished with COVID. Instead I have been suffering from fatigue. I caught what was probably … Continue reading →

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Post COVID Day 7…

Posted on October 25, 2022 by Guthlac

These past few days have seen the weather change and then change again. The autumn leaves are being washed from the trees and plants by the wind and rain we have endured – we even had very explosive thunder and … Continue reading →

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Post Covid Day 6 ….

Posted on October 22, 2022 by Guthlac

Grand opening of a new Dunkin’, not sure what happened to the Donut? – Probably Brexit or a Romainer problem. In the real world things are entering into a total meltdown and yet the world goes on. Only 9 days … Continue reading →

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