What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare. No time to stand beneath the boughs And stare as long as sheep or cows. No time to see, when woods we pass, Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass. No time to see, in broad daylight, Streams fullContinue reading “What is this life if, full of care…”
Monthly Archives: December 2019
Merry Christmas
Hope you all have a very Merry and Peaceful Christmas. And get those walking boots on… Red Tarn and Helvellyn (c) John Bainbridge 2019
Looking for a Wintry Mystery?
If you enjoy a wintry mystery, you might enjoy our novella The Holly House Mystery. Available on Kindle for just 99 pence/cents for Christmas week. It’s an affectionate homage to Golden Age detective fiction and the enclosed world of country house murder. Christmas week 1931. The body of a young house-maid lies near the ruinsContinue reading “Looking for a Wintry Mystery?”
Our Ghostly Outdoors
Have you had any odd spectral experiences in the great outdoors? On my other blog http://www.johnbainbridgewriter.wordpress.com I recently celebrated the tradition of telling ghost stories at Christmas, remarking on the fictions of MR James. But I know many ramblers and hillwalkers have had their own weird experiences, so I thought I might relate a fewContinue reading “Our Ghostly Outdoors”
Ghost Stories for Christmas
Another walk coming soon on the blog, but in the meantime you might like to look at my other blog http://www.johnbainbridgewriter.wordpress.com which looks at the tradition of telling ghost stories at Christmas. John