We supporters of Newcastle United and other clubs, I suppose, think the club belongs to us and not the actual owners. That is why we refer to it as “our club.” A couple of years ago the club was sold to a wealthy businessman and he brought a couple of  cohorts with him to manage [...]

“There’s nothing-absolutely nothing-half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”  So wrote Kenneth Graham in Wind in the Willows. That could easily have been written about the boating fun available  down here among the lakes. We have Bass Boats, Pontoon Boats and of course the famous Airboat which is driven by a [...]

So I says to my friend O.D. (Malone, that is),” What is it you like about being a supporter of Newcastle United?” thinking he would say, the ground, the atmosphere, the black and white striped shirts, something like that. I knew it wouldn’t be the owner or the manager or the players. We all know [...]

Down here the big citrus crop is oranges. You often see the big trucks towing a wire mesh trailer full of oranges on their way to the processing plant. Each trailer reportedly contains up to 19 million oranges. All so you can have orange juice with your breakfast. We have a tangerine tree in our [...]