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The Loony on the Bus (is me)
In what must surely be a breach of corporate social responsibility, Google have started publicising this nonsense on their search engine. All in all, that’s had mixed results. Bad for the poor innocents who have been tricked into reading it, but good for me in that it’s resulted in some more than welcome pointers about Continue reading
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The Lincolnshire Archive
In January 1567, Louth’s very own James “Smythey” Smyth handed to his offspring land comprising the manors of Hakthorpe, Lesthorpe, Elkington, North Elkington and South Elkington. As well as 30 messuages (apparently a type of dwelling house) and 20 cottages the land included 20 orchards. Twenty whole orchards divvied out by one toff from Louth in Continue reading
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The Museum of Lincolnshire Life
After all this time, no-one would blame you for scepticism but, I promise you, I had plans for today. It was going to be either a day in Stamford at the Community Orchard site or, in the most dire of circumstances, a bus trip to Isaac Newton’s gaff near Grantham to see his apple tree, Continue reading
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After a brief hiatus
It’s not easy to admit you’re wrong. Even when you get as much practice as I do. This last two week hiatus has been the direct result of realising that, a) lots of cleverer and better informed people than me have failed to find these lost apple varieties and b) a lost apples blog that Continue reading
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Spreadsheets
After the breathless thrill ride of my last two posts, this week’s offering largely concerns a spreadsheet. Everyone loves a spreadsheet, by which I of course mean my friend Bethan loves a spreadsheet. I’ve changed her name slightly to protect her identity, not that she, or indeed anyone else, reads this nonsense. That’ll teach me Continue reading
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Some corner of a (not so foreign) field
Louth is a lovely place. Little shops, winding streets, and comfortable benches everywhere offering a brief sit down and space for a gobfull of pork pie. My parents have lived here since time immemorial (1974) and I did too when I was a youngster who still had hopes and dreams. Now they’ve all gone, it Continue reading
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In memoriam Lincolnshire Roadcar
No heroic venture comes without its trials and setbacks. I understand that. Mine came in the shape of a morbidly obese black cat selfishly demanding his breakfast whilst I was trying to have a preparatory lie in. Obviously, I gave in immediately. There’s no reasoning with cats. Once Stan was munching away on his cat Continue reading
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The National Apple Register of the United Kingdom: a brief special bonus episode
I returned home from work this afternoon to find a brown parcel leaning rakishly against my front door. I wasn’t expecting anything else, so I immediately assumed it must be my copy of the National Apple Register of the United Kingdom and dived inside with it clasped lovingly to my chest. It was heavy. That Continue reading
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Cross O’Cliff Orchard
This has been a big week for my blog. An extensive advertising/begging campaign on social media has resulted in me building a small community of follower (my sister) and a group of friends who felt obligated to click on the link and who are now justifiably concerned about my mental health. I’m taking my new Continue reading
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Windmills of England
My plan this week was to track down the William Ingall and describe how I moved it to its plush new home along the canal path to Ticklepenny Lock. Unfortunately, events decided not to transpire in accordance with my design. Crawling around my friend Martin’s field and finding the last traces of the Ingall is Continue reading
Years gone by
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About Me
I’ve been writing about orchards and Lincolnshire heritage apples for over five years and still don’t know my arse from my elbow. This blog is supposed to be an almost humorous record of my attempts to raise apple trees in a field just outside Louth. Mrs Toogood is just one of the lost varieties I probably won’t find.
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The Appeal of Mrs Toogood 