Author Archives: charliecountryboy

About charliecountryboy

Part-time Carpentry Assessor. writer, runner, guitarist. Curious about life and all those wonderful people in it.

A Rat, A Pea Man and a Bit of A.I.

Posted on July 4, 2020

Five am, the sun rises over the cornfield and the last thing you need to see is a drowned rat in a cattle trough. But hey ho, it happens. As I fished the rat corpse out of the trough I … Continue reading →

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Prosecco, Cake and a Plan

Posted on June 27, 2020

It was my birthday last Friday (you don’t have to sing). My running partner came around for Prosecco and cake with her daughters. She has three daughters but one was sulking. I’m not a great birthday fan but it appears … Continue reading →

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Why? I Mean, Really Why?

Posted on June 26, 2020

I was quite happy, y’know? Go to Reader, scroll though posts, it was enjoyable. I could click on ‘Visit’ and it took me to your site, easy peasy, lemon squeezy 😍 Then suddenly this week the ‘Visit’ button has been … Continue reading →

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Grabbin Some Grammar, Innit 🤟

Posted on June 23, 2020

Sometimes I am inundated with advertising which states I need Grammarly. So, I tested it with a few paragraphs from the Masters 😉 The first paragraph from The Old Man and the Sea, Hemingway’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel came up with … Continue reading →

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What’s So Special About the Past?

Posted on June 20, 2020

The alarm clacks its two bells at six am and I can hear Chuck Berry’s, ‘My Ding a Ling’ playing somewhere in the house. Normally I go back to sleep – I am only fifteen and a full day in … Continue reading →

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Clouds, Kids, Love and Soul

Posted on June 13, 2020

The mournful clouds oppress my soul. Of course, we have to presume: A- I have a soul and B – If I have, could it be oppressed. But it’s better than saying, ‘I’m sick of the rain,’ isn’t it? I … Continue reading →

Posted in 1970'S, Blogging, Bradford, Freedom, Humour, Life, Love, Opinion | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 59 Comments

Memories, Smells and The Bus

Posted on June 6, 2020

The aroma of the bus. I have never been able to identify it. Plastic seats soaked in decayed human sweat, a definite metal acidity and stale smoke? But at six o’clock in the unearthly hours of 1973, it was easy. … Continue reading →

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They Don’t Arf Make Me Larf

Posted on May 30, 2020

It was the Princess’ birthday on Wednesday, so I took a day off to help her celebrate but she went to sleep in the garden – post-lunch. There was no posh lunch in beautiful setting this year or family gathering … Continue reading →

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I’m a Day Late!

Posted on May 24, 2020

The wind howls across the moor – actually they are pastures – but wind on the Westwood cannot dampen the mood. After all I’m not Heathcliffe. “Pity,” mutters the Princess, dreaming of Tom Hardy. This post is a day late, … Continue reading →

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Me? Social Media?

Posted on May 16, 2020

I scroll and I scroll and I scroll, I begin to feel like a Caesar, he had a bad touch of the scrolls, as I remember, Carry on Cleo, springs to mind.  Back to the title – I have stopped … Continue reading →

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