I could barely make out a colony of grey seals basking in the morning sunlight

I told the romantic but solemn story of Canadian servicemen using their knives to cut a sliver of the wooden portcullis and taking it to France as a good luck token for their parachute descent into Normandy

Dunstanburgh is the name of this hilltop. I hope that it will be a fitting name for the castle.

Last week he told me that he had held eight funerals in a single day

They sit on my stones for rest, for peace, for thought

The Scots raiders and, more recently the Rievers have always plundered what is not theirs

Looking out over the sea fills me with warmth

On this day, June 6th, I wonder what might have been, if the allies had not beaten the Axis powers… if Britain had not stood up for Poland, and if our airforce had not won the Battle of Britain.

My father says to get what I need and WANT

The punts are all lined up and waiting for passengers that probably won’t arrive today. It’s an important day in the life of the college.

the wheels of our cart groan

a man of medicine… and a warrior