Graham John

Welcome to the GJ Journal.

This blog will be home to all our thoughts, musings and opinions on life and property. You'll find hints, tips, forecasts and commentary to keep you up to date with what's going on in the housing market, as well as recommendations for days out, dog walks, schools, pubs and everything in between.

A Touch of Autumn | October Make Life Special Challenge

Posted 3rd October 2026
A Touch of Autumn October rarely arrives all at once. It arrives quietly. A cooler door handle in the morning....

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Ecologonomics: What If Progress Is More Than the Things We Can Measure?

Posted 13th September 2026
Energy, food, prosperity and nature all compete for finite space. Perhaps the answer begins by judging their consequences together. I...

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Routine Reset: Two Switches, September’s Make Life Special Challenge

Posted 1st September 2026
September has always felt like a threshold to me.  The light changes. Mornings begin to feel different. Holidays give way...

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Morning sunlight filtering through fruit trees above garden chairs in a quiet corner.

My quiet corner. A place to pause, think and watch the day begin.

Quiet Corners: August’s Make Life Special Challenge

Posted 3rd August 2026
Quiet Corners August's Make Life Special Challenge I'm fortunate enough to have a garden and a small grove of fruit...

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The Tarn

Posted 27th July 2026
The Tarn. Two words that seemed so familiar and yet I had never experienced them in person. Until now. I...

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The Château Where the Holiday Began

Posted 25th July 2026
Once upon a time we would leave Calais and simply keep driving. Ten and a half hours later we would...

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A Sunday at the St Tropez Polo Club

Posted 23rd July 2026
It was one of those warm Provençal mornings that begins with a promise. By afternoon the temperature would reach 32...

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Ham at 100: Why London’s Last Polo Club Still Feels Like Home

Posted 20th July 2026
Some places survive because of their history. Others survive because of the people who keep them alive. Ham Polo Club...

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