The straight and narrow
It was a bright and breezy day when Tom Hobbes decided to burn down his shop. This was a fortunate coincidence since a wet rainy day would have made the building difficult to light....
Category: Fiction
Three Men On Tour: 23
Harry insisted that George drove us to the hotel. He said that he wanted to make sure everyone got a turn, but it was clearly George’s punishment. The hotel, when we arrived, was stunning....
Three Men On Tour: 22
The market turned out to be just what we needed. It was bigger than I had expected and, in addition to the usual purveyors of fudge, chutney and rare breed meats, we found ourselves...
Three Men On Tour: 21
Gloucester Waterways museum is situated, unsurprisingly, in Gloucester and is an unexpectedly entertaining insight into the Canals and Waterways of yesteryear. It includes a detailed history of how goods were transported in Victorian times,...
Three Men On Tour: 20
We decided we’d probably exhausted the possibilities of Burford. It was pretty enough but, for some reason, we all agreed it might be wise if we left as soon as possible. When we got...
Three Men On Tour: 19
After lunch, we headed over to explore the weavers’ cottages. Harry and I were still full of adrenaline from our ‘editorial discussion’ and George was still trying to work out who had proposed to...
Three Men On Tour: 18
“Right,“ said Harry, lowering a heavy tray to the table, “so that’s one Adnam’s, one Bishop’s Finger and one Addlestone’s for the lady.“ “Thankyou,“ I said, ignoring the jibe. “So what’s up,“ Harry said...
Three Men On Tour: 17
Burford, Google tells me, is a “picturesque market town, featuring a row of weavers’ cottages, and a trout farm“. George had already expressed an interest in the trout farm. Harry and I had not....
Three Men On Tour: 16
Burford is referred to by its tourist board as the Gateway to the Cotswolds. Situated on the River Windrush about 20 miles west of Oxford it is, to be fair, a perfect example of...
Three Men On Tour: 15
“A 2CV,“ said Harry as he drove at unsafe speed along a tree lined road. “A bloody 2CV.“ George was sat in the passenger seat, holding shut the fold-out window which constituted climate control....
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