April 2026 – Page 3 – bishopswaltham.net

Rural bus services explained in photograph.

Rural Bus Services: How They Work and Why They Vanish

April 5, 2026Gordon Ellery

I was standing by the old stone bridge near the mill—the one built in 1842, mind you, though the foundations are much older—waiting for the 10:15 that was supposed to take me into Salisbury. The rain was doing that fine, soaking thing that gets right under your collar, and as I watched the empty road, […]

How to Freeze Food Properly and Actually Eat It Later

April 1, 2026Gordon Ellery

I was clearing out the bottom drawer of the chest freezer in the old cottage last Tuesday—the one built in 1890, which, mind you, has a much better seal than any of these modern plastic rubbish bins—when I found a bag of peas that had turned into a solid, frost-covered brick of nothingness. It’s a […]