Mike Clough's Articles

Hedges and Edges

Neat edges have always been a bugbear of mine – the edge of a path or the edge of a…

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Home or Away…

Why would I want to sit in a crowded airport, with a bunch of sweaty people that have poor hygiene……

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An invasion begins….

People often say to me, ‘How do these invasive species get a foothold…why did nobody notice?’ Well, with Japanese knotweed…

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The Sea of Sameness

As a teenager, I used to pride myself on knowing every car on the road. From the front, from the…

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Gladys and the Automatic Checkouts

There are fewer and fewer places in life where we can actually get some human interaction. Conversation and lively discussion…

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Ferrari Purosangue Tdi (total d***head inside)

Soooo… I love fast cars. I think I’ve been abundantly clear about this over the various blogs I’ve written. There…

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Choices

As a business owner, you are hit daily with choices that will make a huge impact on your business. A…

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What’s Gone Wrong

I keep my head down, I’m not controversial…I try and stay neutral on most issues convincing myself that nothing I…

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Japanese Knotweed and Murder

Now there’s a headline you don’t read every day. I think we can all get a bit immune to headline…

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65 ffs

As I approach my 65th birthday I find myself reflecting on where I thought I might be at this point…

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Who’s Winning?

Lying in bed last night I started to think about how the world of invasive species has changed over the…

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Last Night a Robot Saved my Life….

So, it was the night before Christmas, fire lit, food prepared, wine opened, kids on the way ….when my internet…

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