Grand Designs is back The Channel 4 programme, presented by Kevin McCloud, is back f0r a new series. Wednesday evenings will never be the... Sorry, Wednesday evenings will be exactly the same as they were last series. McLoud, as ever, never runs out of words to describe new building, sorry that's "new builds" in McCloud …
Author: SteveP
I am married with one wife, three grown kids, one cat and no hair.
Syria – Between Iraq and a hard place.
Something must be done. "Something must be done about Syria," is the repeated cry from politicians of various political persuasions. what divides them is what can be done, what it is ethical to do and what to do. On a national level there are big differences. Of the five permanent members of the United Nations …
Proverbs
Lets start with the Bible before moving on. It is good to start with something whose wisdom has stood the test of time, that has lastsd centuries, millennia.Then we can move on and apply these truths to the modern day.The book of Proverbs Chapter 30 verses 21 to 23 goes like this:Under three things the earth trembles, under …
Mud, mud, glorious mud
Pateley Bridge, is a small town in Nidderdale, and here's the bridge. Or at least I think there's a bridge in there somewhere, but the number of trees around the river makes the bridge difficult to spot, unless you are standing on the bridge. The reason for the trip out is the bank holiday, a …
Back to Basics
No, not the Back to Basics of the British Conservative party which gloriously backfired on them in the 1990s, I,m thinking about a return to Christian basics. At Holy Trinity Huddersfield, Mike, our Vicar, has started a series of sermons on John's first letter. It is believed that the letter was a response to the …
Extraterrestrial
Sometimes I look up at the sky and wonder, "Is there intelligent life on other planets?" I don't get out cycling nearly enugh as I'd like, and the chance of combining a ride with a chance to see some shooting stars, with the Earth going through the Perseid cloud there's no better time to go …
Food…
...and drink. The Huddersfield Food and Drink Festival to be exact, which is an imaginatively named festival celebrating food and drink in Huddersfield. Bet you didn't guess that from the title. Friday evening was the second evening, and the first of the late night events — the food and drink (mostly beer and cider as …
Different horses – different courses
Or different churches for different people. There are a number of traditional models in doing church, and anything new and innovative soon becomes yet another tradition, especially in those churches which claim they are not traditional. Take the self styled Bible Believing churches. It's not as if other churches do not believe the Bible, a …
The day the donkey went to church
Family service at Holy Trinity Huddersfield, the theme was holidays, and people were asked to come dressed as they would on holiday. So the human brought me. I spent the service looking out at the congregation from a music stand (the human was playing percussion and other things) what a sight. Unfortunately he took no …
I love careful drivers
It is over seven years since my accident, but still these stories catch my attention. The latest was a story in Wednesday's Metro about a lady who had killed a cyclist whilst adjusting her sat-nav and driving blind for 20 seconds. She is being prosecuted for causing death by careless driving, Why not manslaughter? That …
Making an ass of myself 