Bonfire Night in England: Please to remember, the Fifth of November
November 5th is Guy Fawkes day in England; the anniversary of the day in 1605 when a band of men, …
Category Archives: Crich and the farms
Where are you from?
I have just come across a really cool website that I want to tell you about. It’s called “World Family …
Making hay while the sun shines: Mowing the pastures
England is in the grip of a heat wave, and the farmers in my family are the happiest I’ve seen …
In praise of our soldiers
On this Memorial Day, I would like to pay tribute to the soldiers in my family: My maternal grandfather, Jack …
‘Ow’s tha muther f’ soap? and other Derbyshire-isms
When my parents were children growing up in the Peak District of Derbyshire, people didn’t venture far from their villages. …
US vs UK: Walkies
When my father, a geophysicist, went to Houston in 1969 to analyze the moon rocks for NASA, he decided to …
US vs UK: Walkies
When my father, a geophysicist, went to Houston in 1969 to analyze the moon rocks for NASA, he decided to …
Christmas in Crich, England, a year ago
Christmas Day began for my mother and me with a midnight church service at our parish church that dates from …
How to Pleach
Gordon uses an axe to pleach a hedge. Last February, when I visited my cousins Gordon and Sue on their …
How to help a cow give birth
This video shows my cousins, Sue and Gordon, helping a cow give birth to her calf. It’s a little graphic, …
The Year of Living Englishly 