tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377358782024-03-12T23:17:24.702+00:00Peter's BlogCafé Pierrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07262400815048482224noreply@blogger.comBlogger316125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37735878.post-14512788912384068762024-02-28T13:36:00.006+00:002024-02-28T13:51:42.665+00:00VINYL IS DEAD- OR LONG LIVE THE BOOK !<p><span style="color: red;"> Oh my God, can you believe it is more than 2 years since I last posted on my Blog?!</span></p><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><b><span style="color: red;">I have a been short listed in a poetry competition at the new Loftus Library</span>!</b></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><b>Here is the short listed entry!</b></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 26pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 26pt; line-height: 107%;">Vinyl is dead</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 26pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%;">A beacon of light<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%;">As rare as a merman sighting on
Cattersea Sands<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%;">A new library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%;">A new start with an old friend<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%;">As strange as Baba Yaga’s chicken
feet<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%;">A new Iliad<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%;">Paroles from Prevet<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%;">A new tragedy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%;">An odyssey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%;">A reminder of Bulgakov’s devil<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%;">My diversion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%;">My Narnia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%;">My Emerald City<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%;">My Hogwarts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%;">My Oceania and my Airstrip One.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%;">My escapism and place for reflection<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%;">My Wendy House, my den<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%;">From a piece of paper <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%;">From its touch <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%;">From its smell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%;">Only from a book<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%;">Vinyl is dead.<o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Café Pierrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07262400815048482224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37735878.post-48077492146267147402022-04-23T13:34:00.000+00:002022-04-23T13:34:05.394+00:00The Silver Cross Pram Synopsis -1<p> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3mgapAcVdU" target="_blank">The Animals. We've gotta get out of this place.</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>It's the 1960s and the story crashes and explodes onto the streets of Middlesbrough to the music of the Animals. </p><p>We've gotta get out of this place.</p><p>A soundtrack to my youth, for sure!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Café Pierrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07262400815048482224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37735878.post-4230732179642050852022-04-23T12:10:00.001+00:002022-04-23T12:13:46.986+00:00The Silver Cross Pram<h1 style="text-align: left;"> <b>'The Silver Cross Pram" </b></h1><div><b>Work in progress, I think is the best description. </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Writing a novel is without doubt, one of the biggest challenges I have ever undertaken in my life.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>It is a journey, a learning journey and it is painful, very painful sometimes, extraordinary, fascinating, often sad and often hilarious. Just like life really I guess.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Monday 25th April 2022 is a day I have been waiting for the last two years. It is the day I will graduate with a Master degree in Creative writing. Another journey starting Pre- pandemic.</b></div><div><b>Pre-pandemic for fuck's sake, what does that even mean?</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>I would like to journal the progress and stories related to the novel here in my Blog.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Starting with a brief synopsis.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div>Café Pierrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07262400815048482224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37735878.post-58813101844283554862022-04-23T11:29:00.002+00:002022-04-23T11:29:24.989+00:00The Silver Cross Pram<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKKwPrHpiwsfjOzNEOkxIzWey4YRLuFG07_Machf4ZnN0SMMNM6WL_bet8vS982hcB0eUxnjbyrCtuEHcvQxXHy1M2ugWzlaCi2c30DCCG2Klq0aGkDNv4iRJDWUolgW2QT2m8YWJQwcQWQnQSCgGrqQOk9ysFypwUJVEe3TeLuaSqGtRe-A/s960/IMG_8402.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKKwPrHpiwsfjOzNEOkxIzWey4YRLuFG07_Machf4ZnN0SMMNM6WL_bet8vS982hcB0eUxnjbyrCtuEHcvQxXHy1M2ugWzlaCi2c30DCCG2Klq0aGkDNv4iRJDWUolgW2QT2m8YWJQwcQWQnQSCgGrqQOk9ysFypwUJVEe3TeLuaSqGtRe-A/s320/IMG_8402.JPG" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This beautiful woman is my mother, Phyliss Elizabeth Samson.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She has been the inspiration for my first novel.</div><h1 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"The Silver Cross Pram"</h1><div><br /></div><br /><p></p>Café Pierrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07262400815048482224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37735878.post-24911385968877369942021-09-11T12:13:00.000+00:002021-09-11T12:13:10.400+00:00Mondays child<p> As a child, my mum used to always say; oh yes you are Monday's child, A lot of people of my generation are very aware of the poem below. </p><p>Monday's child.</p><p><b data-iceapc="1" data-iceapw="55" style="background-color: #e4e4e4; text-align: -webkit-center;"><span data-iceapw="55" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;">Mondays child is fair of face,<br />Tuesdays child is full of grace,<br />Wednesdays child is full of woe,<br />Thursdays child has far to go,<br />Fridays child is loving and giving,<br />Saturdays child works hard for his living,<br />And the child that is born on the Sabbath day<br />Is bonny and blithe, and good and gay.</span></b></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-center;">Have a look at the day you were born, just type your date of birth into a search engine[like Google] and it will tell you the day of the week you were born.</p><p style="text-align: -webkit-center;">Are you full of woe?</p><p style="text-align: -webkit-center;">Or are you a hard worker?</p><p style="text-align: -webkit-center;"><br /></p>Café Pierrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07262400815048482224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37735878.post-17488448217680357732020-11-09T19:52:00.004+00:002020-11-09T19:52:42.754+00:00Back home / A new home Eventually I get into my new home. a place I have passed through dozens of time in my life on the way to Whitby or to Runswick Bay to the seaside usually. Easington. Knowing nothing at all about the place,it's a new adventure. 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I find myself writing my Blog, that I promised to write regularly, almost 6 months after my last post in January.<br />
Shocking!<br />
But then the world has gone mad hasn't it!<br />
Life here in Russia has been nothing if interesting. What do we do in this situation? Well I was always taught to , <span style="font-size: large;"><b>do as I was told!</b></span><br />
Not applicable to everybody and not to everywhere it seems. Lockdown rules are for those who, like me, do as they are told. British politicians are as bloody stupid as they look, yes! that is possible in this case!<br />
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It is beyond belief, the stupidity of some people as they flaunt the simple rules of lockdown. I sit in amazement as people in the UK flock to places that are closed, for God's sake! Whitby and the seaside is closed!<br />
And here, well the lockdown started slowly and then, <b><span style="font-size: large;">Boom! </span></b>The Muscovites flocked to their country houses and dachas, therefore spreading the virus everywhere and before long Russia was the second most infected country in the world.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">What to do? My first children's book</span> 'Kirill the Kostroma crocodile', <span style="font-weight: normal;">book was finally ready to publish after some amazing help from two of the most wonderful Russians I have had the pleasure to meet. You know who you are! Thank you from the bottom of my heart!</span></h3>
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Now all I need to do is sell it! Of course there is no chance even now on May 26th to organise a book signing event, but I am plodding on selling a copy here and a copy there!<br />
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One of the advantages of being at home all of the time is working out what the hell you are going to do all day.<br />
I decided against sleep!<br />
I had much more time to spend on my Creative Writing Master's course . I also was able to chat to Bob Beagrie and Hilary more often than I probably would have.been able to.<br />
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An interesting outcome is also that, I have ended up with my next collection of poetry and writing which is called;<br />
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<b>'A window on the yard'. </b></h2>
I have been able to write this alongside reading and learning about wonderful writers and poets, introduced to me on the course.<br />
<b>A window on the yard </b>is a mixture of poetry and prose. I wanted it to reflect my experiences in Russia and indeed during the pandemic. It is a mixture of feelings , experiences and emotions, whilst living and learning this language and more about this culture and the people of Russia. and for that matter how an Englishman managed in this land.<br />
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So now, Online learning has come into its own. Moodle and VLEs seem old fashioned and out of date. Technology has naturally taken a huge step to be a common part of everybody's lives.<br />
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We used to laugh at Moodlers and moodling , but now we have Skyping and Zooming introduced to the ever expanding vocabulary of tech. jargon. As if text speech isn't enough! It drives me crazy! LOL!<br />
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PMSL!<br />
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That's a phrase I like! FFS! Oh and another!<br />
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<b><i><span style="color: blue;">'Que le monde est petit!'</span></i></b><br />
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Is a phrase that has never been truer. I have been teaching <b><i>English</i></b> to children in <i><b>China </b></i>regularly, from here in <b><i>Russia,</i></b> also regularly teaching <b><i>French</i></b> to my lovely clients in <b><i>Guisborough</i></b> in <i><b>North Yorkshire,</b></i> <i><b>U.K.</b></i>, <i><b>Italian</b></i> to my student Steve in<i><b> Ingleby Greenhow, North Yorkshire, U.K.</b></i>. Who is working with <i><b>Laura</b></i> our partner in the city of<i><b> Milan </b></i>and yes it's true they are singing from the balconies!<br />
. I have a young student in <i><b>Germany</b></i> now learning <i><b>English</b></i> with me. Of course I have all ages and levels of students here and especially my classes with <b><i>OK ENGLISH </i></b>here in <i><b>Kostroma.</b></i> I am starting a new project with students in <b><i>MOSCOW</i></b> which is a really exciting new project.This is with a <i><b>French</b></i> -partner living in <i><b>Russia</b></i>, who was recommended by our friend Conor, an <i><b>American </b></i>also living here in <b><i>Russia</i></b>, our partner in <b>Italy </b>will soon be working with more of our students . And I regularly hear from my lovely friends in <i><b>Venezuela. this is alongside the fact that we are always thinking of our friends and partners in Bourges , France and of course La Coruna in Spain. </b></i><br />
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<i><b>Peter</b></i><br />
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Well the start of another decade, that's for sure, A lot of decision making and decisions to be made. Travel! for sure, strangely enough I will hopefully be also travelling back to the UK more than I anticipated. I am hoping to be involved with a language school in sunny Scarborough! At least two trips are on the horizon. </h3>
The first pf which will be in May 2020 and then another trip in July. Other travel projects that I would like to make include. a trip to Volgograd, a trip on a ship to Nizhny Novograd on the Volga. And more exploration of the Kostroma Oblast.also more exploration of the Volga if possible. Especially along from Krasny na Volga.Café Pierrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07262400815048482224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37735878.post-15144311045289039362020-01-04T05:06:00.001+00:002020-05-26T11:21:37.151+00:00Spirit of the New YearMeet Spirit, he is a character in my next Children's book. 'Kirill goes to the USA'. In the background of the scene I have painted, El Capitan' a magnificent mountain in New Mexico in the range of the Guadalupe mountains in the South East of New Mexico. This is my first effort using oils and I am delighted with the result. Thank you , yet again to Raisa for my 'Masterclass'. I am already sketching the next image for Spirit and the other characters for the next episode of Kirill the Kostroma Crocodile, as he searches for the truth and his family.<br />
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To do more drawing and painting are one of my New year's resolutions. It helps me relax and chill out. I went into the session with a massive headache after the stress of an online English class with a group of 3 x 5 year old Chinese kids and a neighbour who decided to start drilling the moment the class started!<br />
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Oh the joy of living in a Kruschovka block of flats!<br />
Paper thin walls and neighbours from Hell!<br />
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A start to a decade that I will begin very soon as a retired person ' officially in August 2021. How strange to think that I will be of retirement age anyway!<br />
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Quite apt that I was wearing my Texas t shirt. A visit to the USA that I will never forget, an amazing part of the world!<br />
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January is a month that I will visit one of the most famous Russian cities in history. The city of Stalingrad, now known as Volgograd,<br />
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Abigail's big moment, I am so proud of her!</div>
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My first pamphlet of poetry is now available in Saltburn.<br />
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New English class at Kostroma library. Link to the previous post <a href="https://cafe-pierre.blogspot.com/2019/09/englishconversation-wednesdays-18-00-20_17.html" target="_blank">for more information here</a>Café Pierrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07262400815048482224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37735878.post-82462543128030776282019-09-17T09:06:00.000+00:002019-09-17T09:06:02.027+00:00Richmond<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Richmond is one of my favourite places, anywhere in the world. It is in North Yorkshire, England and is another typical market town with its cobbled market square.</div>
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The lovely old King's Head Hotel, one of the few places I have lived and worked. A place where I was part of the team catering for the banquet in honour of the King of Norway as he opened the Green Howard's regimental museum opposite the hotel. I was in charge of caviar!</div>
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The magnificent River Swale thundering over the waterfalls below the town.</div>
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Richmiond Castle, a real castle with towers and dungeons, I have spent hours as a chils and as an adult wandering around its turrets and walls, imagining the enemy below under fire from bows and arrows and crossbows. an adventure playground!</div>
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A beautiful old Market town in the heart of North Yorkshire</div>
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Here in the Grass market, a new area of discovery for me, a street artist performs another crazy feat of wonder.<br />
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Characters from around the world wander around this amazing city only a 3 hour train journey away from home in North Yorkshire. the Edinburgh fringe is an essential visit to make if you are visiting the UK in the summer. The whole of August sees the city invaded by students and tourists, all having fun and witnesing some of the most innovative and creative music, theatre and art. Along with the Edinburgh tattoo, the military musical and marching phenomenon.<br />
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On my second visit to Edinburgh in August 2019, I managed also to explore the city a little more, it is the only way to do it, little by little.<br />
Bobby of Greyfriars is a famous strory of a loyal little dog, a Skye terrier who guarded his owner's grave for 14 years until he died himself, he is fondly remembered with a statue and a grave for him in the grounds of historic Greyfriers cemetery.<br />
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The festival is spread across the centre of the city and farther afield. There are random stages with excellent acts available free and hundreds of shows, so plan in advance the choice is unbelievable.<br />
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Café Pierrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07262400815048482224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37735878.post-34430080423568792902019-08-11T11:26:00.000+00:002019-08-11T11:29:11.195+00:00Going home 2 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The cenotaph in Middlesbrough and the gates to Albert park. My adventure playground as a child, we played football, tennis, cricket, we went roller skating, fishing and we rowed boats on the lake, We played in the playgrounds on the slides and swings,we climbed trees, we ran away from the parkie and we had ice creams and ice lollies, it was just perfect and only 5/10 minutes walk from home. I have been jogging around the park early on a morning and a million memories have come flooding back.<br />
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This statue is new to me, it is a statue of Middlesbrough born Stan Hollis a Victoria Cross holder from D. Day.<br />
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Another son of Middlesbrough, this statue is just inside the park. Brian Clough, 'old big head' as my dad used to call him. a prolific goal scorer bor the Boro, Sunderland and England. He went on to be one of the most successful managers in English football with Derby County and Nottingham Forest. without doubt should have been given a chance with England, but it didn't happen.<br />
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And the Dorman museum, a wonderful place, with wonderful memories, as a boy I was a member of the museum club on a Saturday morning for a while. I loved it and the displays and I always visit the museum when I can.Café Pierrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07262400815048482224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37735878.post-30514109145132500022019-08-11T10:55:00.001+00:002019-08-11T10:55:04.523+00:00Skinningrove<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Skinningrove, a seaside town in East Cleveland. This place is hidden from the tourists and at first glance, I would imagine people would turn around and head for Runswick Bay or even Whitby further south on the Yorkshire coast.<br />
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Wild, the North Sea, this is something that I really miss. The waves beating in onto the beach and the cliffs of the Dinosaur coast as it is also know, this is due to the amount of fossils that turn up when the cliffs subside in the shale.<br />
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Skinningrove is still hanging on to its Steel industry, only just at the moment. on the wonderful Cleveland way, a walk down from the cliffs remind you of its industrial past, I think it is a real treasure.<br />
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The fishing boats of North Yorkshire are called cobbles and there is a good stock of crabs and lobsters for the local fishermen. Even Spidercrabs are caught, but then they are sent on to the markets in Madrid and Paris. English restaurants don't know what to do with them and the price is probably better abroad anyway.Café Pierrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07262400815048482224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37735878.post-39623892310145232202019-08-11T09:23:00.005+00:002019-08-11T11:01:55.332+00:00Going home<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Two images of my university . the University of Teesside. the campus now covers a large part of the centre of Middlesbrough. including the area where I was born and lived for 15 years. it is a wonderful addition to my town and we are very proud of it.<br />
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The University is on the site of the former Polytechnic and Constantine college, my mum was a former student.<br />
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<br />Café Pierrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07262400815048482224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37735878.post-36008319973565305802019-08-07T14:58:00.002+00:002019-08-11T08:44:32.992+00:00Lealholm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Lealholm is a tiny place with less than 1,000 inhabitants. typical of the Esk valley villages, the houses are made from local stone and there are 3 churches of 3 different denominations,including the Methodist chapel, roman catholic and Church of England.<br />
The local pub, 'The Board Inn' is traditional in that there are darts teams, domino drives and even a quoits team. This making the pub a focal point for the community, which is good to see in this environment of pubs going out of business and closing every day in the UK.<br />
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Lealholm is very much a part of my life and many Teessiders who loved a' ride out in the country' as children.</div>
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Café Pierrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07262400815048482224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37735878.post-45266564023549354582019-07-23T13:58:00.002+00:002019-07-23T13:58:17.889+00:00A sacred, secret mission<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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As we set off on our journey to Kostroma Oblast in July, I was aware of many people getting on the bus carrying rolls of plastic bags, buckets, wearing wellies and camouflage. some were carrying fishing rods , so it was easy to guess what they were aiming to do. the bus stopped randomly along the road for a few miles out of the city, as the camouflaged army got off, they determindly headed of in one direction or another to their secret corners of the forests and rivers. Curious to an Englishman, that's for sure, I had this image of arguments, fights and worse, over a patch where the prize is among at least 15 edible mushrooms that an average Russian can identify.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 15px;">Белые (porcini), подберезовики (birch bolete), подосиновики (red-capped bolete), маслята (slippery jack), лисички (chanterelle), рыжики (saffron milk cap), опята (honey mushroom), грузди (milk mushrooms), cыроежки (russule)</span><br />
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So, I am looking forward to mushroom picking, I have had a little foray, hence the photos, all I could fine were the poisonous ones and a dead mole! but I was too late, there had been mushroom pickers before us and they proudly held their basket for us to see as they walked past without a word of course!<br />
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Café Pierrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07262400815048482224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37735878.post-17232803663195468872019-07-23T13:58:00.001+00:002019-07-23T13:58:08.807+00:00There's no f in eggs! My first poetry recital from my first Poetry collection<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<i><b>Never say never!</b></i> Here I am on stage reciting from my first Poetry collection.<br />
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This is only the second time in fact, that I have recited any of my poetry to the public. I don't get nervous, but on this occasion, yup, I was. </div>
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July, A blink of an eye! Where did it go?<br />
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Well to start with my tour of Kostroma Oblast continued and I visited 'Bear Corner'.<br />
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I wrote a Children's book, completed my first collection of poetry.<br />
I went through all of the necessary precedures to apply! for a work permit.<br />
So I suppose it wasn't really a blink of an eye, rather a busy month.<br />
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And now?<br />
Well I am preparing to visit home, which on its own is a seriously scary prospect and at the same time exciting.<br />
I was thinking about what I have missed the most.<br />
Well its clear that first and foremost it is my family.<br />
My granddaughter has grown into a little girl in the last 7 months. My daughters! I miss them every single day, as I always have.<br />
Lets move on before I reach for the Kleenex tissues.<br />
My brothers and their families, My friends,<br />
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The Boro!<br />
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What else have I missed? And what am I looking forward to?<br />
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The Dorman's club, bingo! A pint of English beer.The craic with the lads! A walk on the beach, !<br />
A game of darts, The Dudley!<br />
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Another walk on the beach, the sea, I miss the sea! Fish and chips, egg and chips, roast forerib of beef, Yorkshire puddings, but not mine, theyr'e shite! Meat! I miss meat! Sausages, good sausages.<br />
Oh bloody hell its a lot isnt it!<br />
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But it isn't until you start thinking about it is it, that you realise what you miss. I miss Park Run, I miss the friendliness of the people in the North, the North East and in Yorkshire.<br />
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I have linked below to a video which I loved about a Northener in London.<br />
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A Northener terrifies Londoners by saying hello.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT0ay9u1gg4" target="_blank"> Link here.</a><br />
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At the end of the day. Home is where the heart is. And a smile goes a long way!<br />
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Manturovo and the toilet police. Strangely as it seemed later, we had stopped at this place on the way to Vokhma and I commented on the ridiculous fact that the toilet was locked in the station.<br />
It rained and rained as we spent time with friends barbequeing in the rain, Shashlik. A house full of children made the rain more bearable, fun with drawing. A real family visit to Babushka.<br />
However the Russian love of forms, rules and regulations, meant that we had to wait for the next bus which was two hours later. We had tried to book our ticket the day before , but that is not possible in Russia. We were offered 1 seat and 1 standing in a mini bus on a 6 hour journey. I felt for the people on the way who had to sit on the floor or on their bags, but it seems to be accepted. so it goes, we were waiting at the Railway station for the bus, but of course if you are waiting for a bus, you can not use the toilet in the railway station without paying. Obvious is it not! Not knowing this and seeing the toilet key clearly labeled on the table I went for a pee, only to return to an armed policeman ranting about the rules, thank God I had help and although we asked to complain, it went on deaf ears!<br />
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Luptuk? Luptchook? Not sure how to spell it even. Now this is the Outback , the Hinterland, Bear Corner. Cousin Andrey is the local Gamekeeper, Bear, Elk, Wild Boar, to name but a few of the wild creatures in the massive forests of the area. Situated just to the north of the Wetluga river, the river where the Kostroma relic of the crocodile was found. It would not suprise me one iota if they still lived here, not at all. This land is wild, beautiful and somewhat eerie. </div>
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Conversations about people doing deals for Elk meat in the forests in the 1990s, a time in Russia of change and of real poverty and problems. This story brought it all home to me, I may look upon a house with an outside toilet now as something from the dark ages, yet this is how people live, this is how it is. The people are welcoming and interested in you, if you show them the respect they deserve and not blank people out because of P.C. bullshit.</div>
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The church in this tiny village [200 people] is probably the best rural church I have seen. A quick phone call meant that we could have access, The priest asked of I would like to make a confession, I politely declined , his English was suprisingly good and then I discovered that a group of American volunteers had been to the town fairly recently, I seem to be following a group of Americans in this area. More to be mentioned later when I have more information. The priest left me his card with his website. </div>
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We were allowed to go up the tower, it was during a storm and the ascent was very scary, but we made our way up the tower. It was frightening, both the storm and the stairs up to the bell tower. There wouldn't be any possiblity in the UK that a member of the public would be allowed to climb this tower. Which made it all th emore exciting really.</div>
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This town will long stay in my memory , we visited the town museum which is a house where a person lives alongside Soviet memorabilia, immaculately kept and cared for. It is not a place that many Westeners would find a lot to interest them, there is no MacDonalds, no fancy hotel, restaurant or for that matter Tourist office.<br />
But this place is part of the real Kostroma Oblast, I have found part of the puzzle here. Part of the enigma, God only knows what it must be like to live here in the winter. Chatting to Andrey, I relaised that he only visits the city when required, a new gun, supplies, but otherwise , he is more than happy doing what he does as he has always done.<br />
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