Tom Sharpe has died this week and all I could think was 'Wilt' as we came along the road to Blagdon.

The opencast is taking over the World as we know it.

Richmond,Raby Castle, Corbridge, Ponteland and our wonderful Northern Landscapes and then the Blot

Is there a 'Wilt Alternative'

Afterall Tom Sharpe's ashes are to be scattered in the North.

Tom Sharpe, one of the first writers I bought on authorship. Wicked sense of humour and very risqué!

As in a lot of cases, early stuff the best.

One novel set in Northumberland, for a while anyway!

Seriously the open cast is a monstrous blot.

Maybe it will not be so ugly for to long.

Opencast blots don't last as long as Tom Sharpe.