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AUTOBIOGRAPHY
I was born in 1956 but my story starts on a steam train speeding south from Scotland to England 3 years prior. It is 1953 and, onboard, a little boy, aged 5, and little girl, aged 7, watch an English countryside speed past while, opposite, the formidable monochrome figure of a Catholic nun sternly pins … Read more
Beach Cottage
Situated just off the main thoroughfare of the northern end of Bridport’s famous South street market, Beach cottage lies hidden at the end of a well worn 16th century ancient passageway that regularly bewitches and halts people in their tracks. It is common, sometimes several times a day, for folk to just stop and gaze down the … Read more
Intro
I love ancient and local history, photography, cycling, walking and angling and I live just minutes away from one of the most spectacular places on earth; the fabulous West Dorset Jurassic Coast , a UNESCO World Heritage site spanning 95 miles of breathtaking prehistoric coastline. Set against the fantastic ocean backdrop of Lyme Bay, my … Read more
Beach
Sir Isaac Newton FRS (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27[a]) was an English polymath active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author who was described in his time as a natural philosopher.[7] He was a key figure in the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment that followed. His pioneering book Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy), first published in 1687, consolidated many previous results and established classical mechanics.[8][9] Newton also … Read more