#22 “GOTTA CHEW, GOTTA CHEW”

Welcome to LEJoG Day 22 Day 22 pre-amble Boys and girls of a certain age will probably remember these adverts and instantly understand the context of the post title. For any readers under 40, a brief explanation follows. A man or woman displays his or her supreme talent to a young child, who responds with […]

#21 IT WAS TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY

Welcome to LEJoG Day 21, and a silver anniversary Day 21 pre-amble Nothing to do with Sgt Pepper teaching a band how to play, five years too early. No, just that I fiddled this weekend to ensure that the day I woke up in Glastonbury was exactly 25 years after my arrival at the festival […]

#20 “LO! THE FLAT HILLS…”

Welcome to the Secret Diary of Ben Wainless, Day 20 Day 20 pre-amble Lo! The Flat Hills… Of My Homeland. The (never finished) epic novel written by one Adrian Albert Mole, born 2 April 1967, better known as a diarist and most famous creation of the sadly missed Sue Townsend. Following Day 18, this is another […]

#19 LITTLE ACORNS AND BIG DIVERSIONS

Welcome to LEJoG Day 19, and the 50FootHead origin story Day 19 pre-amble “Mighty oaks from little acorns grow”, so they say. I’m not claiming this blog to be a “mighty oak” just yet. However I am using the phrase for the title of Day 19. Because this was the day that Charles’s suggestion of […]

#18 INSPIRED BY MIST-ER MACONIE

Welcome to LEJoG Day 18… what a load of Quantocks Day 18 pre-amble So you’re a keen walker and music lover. Your next blog post is dedicated to a walk through the Quantock Hills. Thus far you’ve indulged in a few punning titles for posts, taking care to explain or deconstruct but never apologise. What […]

#16 SUNLIT UPLANDS

Welcome to the sunlit uplands of LEJoG Day 16 Day 16 pre-amble This phrase has been somewhat abused in British political circles these last few years. Here I mean it literally. Today was all about Exmoor, I reached the highest point of Exmoor National Park in mid-afternoon, the header image was taken from there, and the […]

#15 LONG HOT SATURDAY

Welcome to LEJoG Day 15 Day 15 pre-amble It’s Wellerworld, not me, that describes this header image as “one for the ladies” (I tend to find that phrase a bit ’70s). In fact, as I was to learn from My Listening Pleasure on Day 36, this video was actually regarded by some as homo-erotic. The Style Council are here […]