Day: 3 November 2017

See previous Shepton Mallet Pt. 1 If you know where to go, there is a flourishing community within this Aldi/Tesco town. There are two particular gems that I would like to draw your attention to. My coffee shop  BA45AS We entered after some hesitation. It might as well have been part of the Viennese Cafe scene of the 19th century. We were greeted by the  enthusiastic Karen Mercer. Everyone was...

Wednesday 2 November 1664 ...Up betimes, and down with Mr. Castle to Redriffe, and there walked to Deptford to view a parcel of brave knees —[Knees of timber]— of his, which indeed are very good, and so back again home, I seeming very friendly to him, though I know him to be a rogue, and one that hates me with his heart.... Is Pepys being a hypocrite? Diplomacy does not imply lack of integrity....