Jackscott

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1059 )

• It’s My Birthday and I’ll Cry If I Want To

  

  I’m now officially old and young people in shops call me sir. I’d like to say 60 is the new 40 but who am I trying to kid? Gravity is taking its toll, my bald... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• I’m Not a Pheasant Plucker

  

  When I put food out for the birds, I don’t expect a big fat pheasant to waddle along and scoff the lot. Bold as brass it was. Where’s the pheasant plucker when... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Bikers’ Grove

  

  We’ve all got bills to pay and everyone everywhere has been forced to adapt quickly to the new reality of these troubling times. This is as true in sleepy Loddo... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Classy Classics

  

  Despite a charming and traditional appearance, Loddon Village comes with all mod cons – well, almost. A decent mobile phone signal would be nice. Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Don’t Be a Twat, Wear a Face Mask

  

  All masked up, Liam and I jumped on the bus to Norwich to take a gander at In Memoriam by artist Luke Jerram, flapping about in Chapelfield Gardens. The... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• London Calling

  

  The tail end of August saw us in old London Town to commemorate what would have been the 59th birthday of an old friend who died unexpectedly in January this... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Spamalot

  

  I’ve been plagued with spam comments ever since I started this blogging malarkey – nearly 370,000 so far. Just like Domestos and germs, my spam filter kills... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• On Yer Bike

  

  I’m all for people stepping out of their cars and getting on their bikes. It’s good for the body, good for the soul and even better for the environment. And... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot!

  

  My teeth were the first casualty of the pandemic. Both my routine check-up and appointment with the hygienist were cancelled as dental surgeries up and down... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Wasp at the Picnic

  

  Weather in these isles is notoriously unpredictable at the best of times but, all things considered, summer this year has been good. Just as well with all this... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Holy Moly

  

  Country life brings with it many rewards but one of them isn’t the common or garden mole. Our small rural patch was under sustained excavation from one (or mayb... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Mad Dogs and Englishmen: Part II

  

  Having escaped the unwanted attention of the men in black, John and I found ourselves lost and hopeless by the side of a dusty lane. What happened next? Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Mad Dogs and Englishmen: Part I

  

  We should have been in Spain in June – visiting old friends in pretty Sitges and a few days in gorgeous Girona. The pandemic put paid to that, of course. Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Street Life

  

  It was a warm but rainy day for our first forage into Norwich since March’s lockdown. I must admit we felt unexpectedly anxious at the prospect of leaving the... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Life and Death in Paradise

  

  I hear bees are becoming an endangered species and if we don’t do something about it, we’re stuffed too – that is if Mother Nature doesn’t wipe us out with a... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Our Independence Day

  

  The fourth of July was independence day for boozers in England. For the first time since lockdown in March, pubs threw open their doors with staff waiting... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• My Boob Job

  

  Apart from clacking about in my mother’s heels when I was six (and who hasn’t done that?) I’ve only cross-dressed once – dragging up as Mary Hopkins at a fancy... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Seven Sisters

  

  Who knows what life will be like once we’re released from house arrest? What will the so-called new normal look like? What’s certain is we’re all Zooming,... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Living Angels

  

  Sitting pretty on the edge of our little village in a green and pleasant corner of old England lured us into a false sense of security. Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Birds and the Bees

  

  We live in a real life Hitchcock film with Liam doing his best Tippi Hedren impersonation trying to dodge the blitzkrieg of shit from the rooks, crows,... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION