We see-um come, We see-um go
Tom Simmons Tom Simmons

We see-um come, We see-um go

Yesterday afternoon, I joined a group of friends and neighbours who drove to the cinema in Bodmin to see a film featuring a couple who were once welcomed into our village and given shelter in the old Wesleyan Church, which stands proudly overlooking the harbour.

When they arrived, penniless, halfway through their quest to complete the 630 mile South West Coast Path, they were just another couple down on their luck.

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A Visitor From Afar
Tom Simmons Tom Simmons

A Visitor From Afar

Yesterday, as often happens, I saw 

through my window, somebody taking photographs.

A few moments later, the doorbell rang, and as I opened the door a couple stood in the street, the man apologised for bothering me, and explained that they had travelled from Tasmania to visit this house as it was here that his great great grandfather had lived.

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