The Last Day of Summer at Duxford.

Posted on 27/10/2019 By

The Last Day of Summer. Would it be wise of Bobby to even consider going to an Airshow just six weeks after a ‘Very Serious Event‘? He couldn’t ask anybody, in case they said “No”! He couldn’t ask me, as I was 300 miles away in Wales. Preoccupied with learning Welsh. Was it that important…

Eamonn and The Landsker Line.

Posted on 20/10/2019 By

The Landsker Line. During my “genius period” with Rosemary, I wrote one or two stories. In Welsh! To celebrate and close our season of stories from West Wales, I have translated just one into English for you, my admiring readers. It is very appropriate, as this story is all about “Language”.

The Return of Bertie

Posted on 13/10/2019 By

The Return of Bertie. Bobby: “We have missed you so much. Nine weeks altogether. One of our readers did suggest having you posted back by Parcelforce. But that would be sacrilege for a bear like you. So here we are. Bobby and Eamonn. 300 miles on the train. Six hours in all. Rosemary very kindly…

Erik Adolf von Willebrand

Posted on 06/10/2019 By

Erik Adolf von Willebrand What is an eponym? Well, it is a word derived from the name of a person, real or fictional. A medical eponym is thus any word related to medicine, whose name is derived from a person. It seems to Bobby that many people have heard him mention von Willebrand’s disease. Or,…