Hi all As promised I am not going to bore you with my shenanigans this week.  After making a plea on our Facebook page Roy Stockdill kindly agreed to put a piece together about his Wiltshire roots. For those of you who do not know Roy, he is a retired journalist having worked for many years […]

Hi all By now you should have all received an e-mail asking whether you wish to continue as part of the OPC team.  This is something I do every year as our lives change so does the amount of time and commitment you have available to other things.  The review is by no means meant […]

Hi everyone Sad News Many of you will already know of the sad sudden death of former OPC Jan Oliver in June. Jan had been part of the OPC team from almost the beginning  of its inception.  Just over a year ago Jan decided to leave the project and set up her own website sadly […]

Hi all Well obviously I have to start with mentioning my passion – yep Sport.  What an amazing achievement Team GB made with almost all of the athletes raising their game.  I cannot decided upon a favourite moment since their were so many incredible individual performances.  As a tennis fan Andy Murray’s retention of the gold […]

Hi all Hope you are all having a wonderful summer or winter depending where you are in the world.  I know that in some parts of the UK you have been melting in very high temperatures.  We have had one really warm day when the temp reached about 29 degrees but after that it has […]

Hi all Hope you are enjoying the weather wherever you are in the world.  Here in Scotland we have had some beautifully warm weather.  Yesterday we did get a real deluge but not half as bad as some places in the south have it. Personally I am enjoying the summer of sport my beloved Wales […]

I hope you don’t think I have abandoned the diary/blog – I have just been busy with one thing or another. Firstly you will be pleased to know that the football season is over so you won’t be seeing me post on Facebook and other places my frustrations about my beloved Stoke City – who […]

Hope you all had a good Easter and are now looking forward to all those Summer activities such as holidays and sporting events such as the Olympics and Wimbledon and the Euro Football Finals.  I love my sport as many will know, I even get excited about cricket.  My passions though are Tennis, Athletics, and […]

That’s me folks.  Well that is what many think.  Hahahaha. This weeks ramblings are off the cuff and unplanned as there is not a lot going on website wise. I am still plodding away with formatting and preparing submissions for upload but having learnt a lesson fairly recently that its quality and not quantity that […]