Monthly Archives: January 2017

The Shade Of A Tree

If you lay me beneath a tree Then the seasons I’ll watch come and go. The birds will nestle merrily And serenade me as I sleep below. Choose a tree that’s full and tall So in it is shade I … Continue reading

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My First Days As A Public House Landlord

The first pub I took as a tenant of Courage Brewery was in the picturesque village of Headcorn in the Weald of Kent. It was a run-down establishment, commercially just surviving. I was in my early thirties, as fit as … Continue reading

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