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The Old Ship Inn, Sidmouth: 1350 to 2011

Now a Costa Coffee House.

What sort of sick and depraved society turns a centuries old inn into a fucking Costa? At least someone had the decency to scrawl RIP on the wall. The irony is that Costa is owned by Whitbread, a once fine brewing company (but now responsible for a plethora of Hell's waiting rooms in the form of Costa, Brewer's Fayre, Premier Inns, Beefeater, etc. - the sort of places I'd have to be dead to be seen in). Samuel Whitbread must be spinning.

The demolition of Glenorchy United Reformed Church, Exmouth, to make way for an expansion of the Tesco superstore and a relocation of their petrol station.

This was Arundel as I drove through a few hours ago.

Notice on the side of St Thomas a Becket Church, Cliffe, Lewes.

The railings.

Mr Kipling's house.

A stroll about the orchards at Bateman's and you realise why this guy made such exceptionally good cakes.

Today was my first father's day as a father. My gifts included some chocolate, a Mr Lazy mug, and a cooked breakfast...

A trip to Chartwell...

Followed by the pub...

A curry....And relax.

A donation box at Chichester Cathedral.

A comment by David Cameron to a Northern Irish audience.

And Northern Ireland continues to receive 25 per cent more per head in public spending than England.

Here's Crumpet on Monday evening, paying her respects to William II and contemplating how to get her ball off Rufus Stone.

Which leads me onto 'English Curse' by Frank Turner (via NME).

Let it go Frank, it was nearly 1000 years ago. Mind you, if a grudge is worth bearing, it's worth bearing well... The original stone monument was erected in 1745 and had to be covered with a cast iron casing in 1841 due to 'repeated vandalism'.

What could be better than sitting under this tree drinking beer?

It's a question I've often asked myself when I've been sat under this tree drinking beer.