Rab's Geekly Digest

With the dreaded OFSTED apparently due any moment (I think the Headteacher has been reading the entrails of goats or something), I've no...

Corfe castle, ex-royal residence, slighted during the civil war... and reached by STEAM TRAIN. I think the gleeful reaction of the heir and ...

More neolithic marvels today - this time, Avebury ring. Apart from the undeniable impressiveness of the size of the stones, and the no-tech ...

On to Winchester, and the majestic Round Table made during the reign of Edward I. Of course, I like to believe that it really is the table ...

We're on a week's jaunt to the edge of the New Forest, and stopped off under lowering skies for a quick circuit of this beauty: ...

First blood in the arena! The populace and the manes will be well pleased! Ok, so I slipped with a stanley knife and tried to take my ...

Aaaaaaaand made it - summer holidays!!! With great thoughtfulness, Mrs Rab took the Rablings away last night so that my first evening and ...

Evenin' all. Some of you may have seen my thread over on LAF asking for opinions on the Marx arena for 54mm plastic gladiators and suc...

In between cursing my internet connection for not coping with streaming the first Ashes test (a win, hurrah, but they do need to sort the th...

I took a school trip to the British Museum today for a very successful and enjoyable visit to the Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum ...