Author Archives: Dick Whittering

Greetings from an unseasonably warm Crete. During September temperatures usually cool off slightly but instead of the expected 27°C – 29°C, recently we have been having afternoon temps around the 34°C  mark. This is all very pleasant as it allows … Continue reading →

Hello again from a pleasantly mild Crete. A bit of a strange month just gone as at the beginning we had guests and our days were full and busy, now, at the end of the month, it is quiet, as … Continue reading →

Hello again from a pleasantly mild Crete where we are currently having daily temperatures of around 32°C, although one day we did get to 37°C. However, just south of Heraklion they hit 42°C one afternoon. As I say, pleasantly mild. … Continue reading →

Ah, the joys of summer! The happy sounds of people enjoying time outside with their barbeques or splashing about in the sea. The hum of bees in your flowerbed and the sounds of distant static crashing through 80 meters. Four … Continue reading →

A warm welcome from a warm Crete. The tourist season is getting fully underway now but there are not as many tourists as the local shop and Taverna owners would like to see. I should also give a warm welcome … Continue reading →

[The following was written prior to my trip to the UK so, at the time of publication, I could well be sitting in a pub down in Kent downing a few warm ones. Of course I will be missing the … Continue reading →

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Hi again. First things first: – I must congratulate Marc and the other guys on the Committee and all the helpers at the Club for being Regional Winners in the RSGB Club of the Year. Well Done All! Well, we … Continue reading →

Hello again . . . Just after sending my last ramblings, my copy of SV NEA arrived. Several pages were devoted to IOTA stuff and this IOTA Marathon which is currently running. You didn’t know about this? No, neither did … Continue reading →

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Greetings once again. It was really good to see so many of you at the Christmas Bash and a few reprobates later at the Robin Hood. While at the RH, I first saw my first ‘demonstration’, if that’s the right … Continue reading →

&#935&#929&#927&#925&#921&#913 &#8194&#8719&#927&#923&#923&#913 (Happy New Year!) Let’s all hope it is better than last year. RSGB Musings. My January RadComic has still to arrive (so yet another letter sent to Mr Beattie asking why I keep getting forgotten) but I was … Continue reading →