Jackscott

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1092 )

• 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

• Art for Art’s Sake

  

  I don’t know the first thing about art. Like beauty, it’s all in the eye of the beholder. I do know a lot of old twaddle is said and written on the subject. Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Taking the Bull by the Horns

  

  After a dull, damp winter, the spring has been warm and friendly – pale blue skies and wispy clouds – perfect weather for back-garden BBQs and slow walks along... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lucky Jack

  

  Liam and I know how lucky we are. We don’t have children to feed, educate and amuse. We don’t have elderly parents to care for. We don’t have serious physical o... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Rainbow Tree

  

  If you go down to the woods today you’re sure of a big surprise. No, not teddy bears having a picnic but a rainbow tree adorned with ribbons and messages of hop... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Drinking Through the Crisis

  

  I cannot lie. I was so relieved when off licences were added to the list of essential retailers. A dry lockdown would be way beyond the pale ale and, thankfully... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Great British Bake Off

  

  It’s just as well Liam and I get along. Pressure cooker living 24/7 could strain even the most intimate relationship. Our neighbours are also in confinement... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Water Sports

  

  Life may have slowed to a trickle but that didn’t stop a couple of water pipes choosing the worst time to burst – one in the loft and another beneath the bath. Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION