Monthly Archives: November 2012

November Daily Blog 30: looking back on the month

Posted on November 30, 2012 by BarryH

When I started the November Daily Blog as part of the NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month) challenge I had the intention of using it as an incentive to do something different and interesting every day. That ambition took a knock … Continue reading →

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November Daily Blog 29: problem solving and the subconscious

Posted on November 29, 2012 by BarryH

I don’t suffer from insomnia.  I gave up on having ‘a good 8 hours sleep’ very many years ago.  Instead I stay up until I’m tired and then go to bed with the result that I drop off instantly.   I … Continue reading →

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November Daily Blog 28: Rough-dug and ready for winter

Posted on November 28, 2012 by BarryH

Completely different feel to the day from the outset on Wednesday as if the grey and the wet of the past weeks belonged somewhere else, to another time.  Blue sky and cold air greeted me as I left the house … Continue reading →

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November Daily Blog 27: The rain came down and the floods came up …. but who is to blame for the damage

Posted on November 27, 2012 by BarryH

Once again floods are headline news.  About 800 homes flooded in South West England over the weekend.  In north Wales residents in St Asaph have been evacuated as the River Elwy floods, train services to Holyhead disrupted and roads closed. … Continue reading →

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November Daily Blog 26: A change in the weather. Maybe

Posted on November 26, 2012 by BarryH

The weather may be on the turn.  In South East Wales the heavy rain looks to be passing through overnight and not returning during the 5-day forecast period.  Instead the expectation is that it will be replaced by sunshine and … Continue reading →

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November Daily Blog 25: Wet in the wetlands

Posted on November 25, 2012 by BarryH

Another very wet and muddy footpath again today.  This time I guess it was only to be expected as I went down to the coast and the Newport (Gwent) Wetlands Nature Reserve.  The mountain behind the house was clagged in … Continue reading →

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November Daily Blog 24: Footpaths – Grey Britain, Greece, Canadian Rockies.

Posted on November 24, 2012 by BarryH

The weather in the UK has been pretty grim over the last few days with dark grey skies and rain varying between heavy and torrential.  For 4 days now there have been 200 or more flood warnings with the South … Continue reading →

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November Daily Blog 23: Exploration and discovery, a new twist.

Posted on November 23, 2012 by BarryH

We rightly admire the explorers of old who sailed off the edge of the flat earth to discover what lay beyond.  Long before the giants of the Age of Exploration such as Cortes, Pizarro, Columbus, Magellan, da Gama, Drake, Raleigh, … Continue reading →

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November Daily Blog 22: Advertising, pseudo science and manipulation

Posted on November 22, 2012 by BarryH

More than half a century ago our forward looking English teacher in school included in the curriculum a series of lessons on advertising techniques.  I have forgotten much about grammatical construction and the poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson but I … Continue reading →

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November Daily Blog 21: The news. Informative? Depressing? Trivial? Necessary!

Posted on November 21, 2012 by BarryH

I used to be addicted to TV news, pride myself on knowing what was going on in the world..  I would hush the family so I could watch catch every morsel of it as we ate our evening meal.   I … Continue reading →

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