Subscribe to The Spectator

Friday 10 February 2012

Latest issue

Buy the current issue

Jobs at Telegraph

Restaurants

Restaurant

24 November 2007

The Pheasant, Ballinger Common, Great Missenden; tel. 01494 837236

My partner has bought a wood. Seriously, he has. He simply came home one day and said, ‘I have something to tell you.’ Oh good, I thought, he’s leaving me. Now at last I can get on with my life. ‘I’ve bought a wood,’ he said. My partner likes the outdoor life and camping. He’ll often go off for a few days, big rucksack and frying-pan bouncing off his back. I tried camping with him once but ended up sitting in the car for two days with the heater on, crying and wishing I was in John Lewis. I guess I am more the indoorsy type.

More articles from: Deborah Ross | this section

Post this entry to:   del.icio.us | Digg | Newsvine | NowPublic | Reddit

Comments Post comment

Laurence Fowler

November 23rd, 2007 3:07pm Report this comment

Deborah Ross alone is worth the subscription to The Spectator.

Post comment

Back to top

Cartoons

In this section

High life

Taki

Gstaad OK, sports fans! The Davos irrelevance is over, Gstaad…

Low life

Jeremy Clarke

Exeter airport. Check in. I’m booked on a domestic flight…

Real life

Melissa Kite

The Volvo only went in to have a parking light…

Wild life

Aidan Hartley

Wau, South Sudan ‘Let’s visit the brewery,’ said Ken when…

High life

Taki

Edmund Wilson was America’s premier man of letters (The Wound…

sponsored links

Spectator recommends

Spectator classifieds

THE PRESENT FINDER

1,700 Unusual Christmas Presents Request Catalogue 01935 815 195 Quote SPEC10 for 10% discount www.presentfinder.co.uk

OLIVE BRANCH FLORISTS

Pimilco based Florist with online ordering Web: www.olivebranch.net Tel: 020 7630 1868 Fax: 020 7233 8844

RUFFS Bespoke Signet rings

62 Shore Road, Warsash, Southampton, SO31 9FT Telephone: 01489 578867 Web site: www.ruffs.co.uk