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Permission to be curmudgeonly over autocorrect, grammar - and more

Jan 12, 2025 | darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk | Sarah Walker

I have received some interesting feedback following my pre-Christmas columns about the annoying misuse of certain words, as well as "autocorrect" changing words into something you don’t mean at all. A reader I only know as "vibrant50770a0070", who contacted me through my countrymansdaughter.com webpage, stated: “One of my annoyances is the use by weather forecasters (and others) of ‘a month’s worth of rain fell'. What is a month’s worth of rain?
Prenatal Yoga: Benefits, Tips and Poses

Nov 15, 2024 | lifeextension.com | Sarah Walker

Maintaining good health is important for expectant mothers; statistics show that the healthier the mom, the healthier the baby. Taking a prenatal vitamin is crucial, but so is keeping up your fitness level. You're not just eating for two, after all: you're moving and breathing for two. Prenatal yoga is a great way to manage stress, strengthen your body, and prepare for your baby's delivery.
Better Together

Nov 12, 2024 | thestar.co.uk | Sarah Walker

Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowHelp get Better Together back in community. Better Together is designed to support individuals managing chronic health conditions, both with and without formal diagnoses, including physical and mental health challenges.
Why low noise fireworks are the way forward to help our terrified pets

Nov 2, 2024 | darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk | Sarah Walker

Firework season is upon us, having been heralded weeks ago by youths obsessed with watching things explode extremely loudly in the air. A number of them have been letting off rockets not far from our house, transforming some of our otherwise relaxed doggy residents into quivering wrecks who scurry to hide behind things or under things and shake with fear, no matter how reassuring we try to be. To an animal, the sudden earth-shaking booms are terrifying. I am not against fireworks at all.
My perverse experience of being caught out by a 20-year dictionary

Oct 27, 2024 | darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk | Sarah Walker

2 1/1 Brace yourself. I’m about to have a rant (before I do, as a highly trained journalist and consummate professional, rest assured that I do not rant unless I am 100 per cent certain I have my facts right). Is it just we writers who get upset when people get words wrong, or is it an affliction felt by regular mortals too? There are certain words that, when used in a misplaced context or misspoken, make me want to scream.
Emily made foundation’s first ambassador

Oct 17, 2024 | teesbusiness.co.uk | Sarah Walker

A promising young solicitor says she feels “honoured” at being named the first ambassador of the High Tide Foundation, recognising her work supporting students to gain meaningful work placement opportunities and careers advice across Teesside.
Going underground with the Romans at a North Yorkshire camp

Oct 13, 2024 | darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk | Sarah Walker

The Yorkshire Archaeological Aerial Mapping Image of Fort D (left) and Camp C (right) at Cawthorn Roman Camp near Pickering. The image shows clearly the unusual line of three ‘clavicula’ gates along the far right boundary (Image: Tony Hunt) I studied Greek and Roman history at university and am fascinated by the ancient world and the remnants of the past that lie beneath the ground we walk upon today.
Along came two spiders: Panicking in a corner while my son rescues me

Sep 15, 2024 | darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk | Sarah Walker

The herringbone pattern has featured in a few of my columns of late, most notably in relation to patterns on stones used in Yorkshire moorland cottages, and as a decoration used by clock and watchmakers. But it also features somewhere I was definitely not expecting, and I challenge you to guess where. The answer lies further down this column.
Locked in love: Why people attach padlocks to this Yorkshire bridge

Sep 8, 2024 | darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk | Sarah Walker

Recently, I enjoyed a tranquil walk with my son and his girlfriend followed by lunch at a riverside restaurant in the lovely town of Otley. Afterwards, I went back to my car across the bridge spanning the Wharfe that links the north and south sides of the town.
Finding the faith: The mystery of how our lost possessions just turn up

Aug 18, 2024 | darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk | Sarah Walker

I’ve had a few more responses about lost items following my column on the patron saint of such things, St Anthony of Padua. If you recall, he is the patron saint of wayward possessions, people and even faith, having been credited with many miracles that recovered seemingly unrecoverable losses. Canada-based Lynn Catena contacted me saying: “I have a friend who texts asking me to pray to St Anthony for her. It’s probably worked two or three times. The last time, sadly, her passport remained lost.