Bob Rowland moved to Fulking in the days when John Ruskin single-handedly installed pumped water, mains drainage, gas lighting and an electric telegraph system. Over the ensuing decades he did everything, ran everything and won everything. Nowadays he passes on his accumulated wisdom to junior villagers in a monthly column for this website. This page provides an anthology of those columns.
- Replacement Rate January 2026
- Health Care December 2025
- Call My Bluff Wine Quiz November 2025
- Hearing Aids October 2025
- Old Friends and Quotations September 2025
- Fulking Village Hall August 2025
- NHS Care July 2025
- Nearby Festival June 2025
- Getting About May 2025
- Fulking Village History April 2025
- Domestic and International Matters March 2025
- Courage and Idiocy February 2025
- Speak of the Devil January 2025
- Mortality December 2024
- Budgetting November 2024
- Participation October 2024
- Bluffing September 2024
- Merch August 2024
- Hear! Hear! July 2024
- Open Gardens in Henfield June 2024
- Old Friends May 2024
- Legislation and Quotations April 2024
- Henfield vs. Fulking March 2024
- Badgering the Post Office February 2024
- Involvement and Charity January 2024
- Christmas Tombola Communication December 2023
- Speeding November 2023
- Volunteering & Good Wishes October 2023
- Village Hall September 2023
- Gill Milner RIP August 2023
- Anne Hind RIP July 2023
- Fulking Fair June 2023
- No Election, No Mow May 2023
- Planning Update April 2023
- Good Fortune March 2023
- Joyce Harris RIP February 2023
- A New Year’s Wishes January 2023
- Friends Departed RIP December 2022
- Democracy Quiz November 2022
- Fulking Affinity October 2022
- Continuation September 2022
- BobsOvation August 2022
- Mick Gaule RIP July 2022
- Sheena Trist RIP June 2022
- Migrants and Volunteering May 2022
- Housing April 2022
- Social Comment March 2022
- Changes in Henfield February 2022
- Handing on the Social Baton January 2022
- Village Times & Politicians December 2021
- Tony Brooks RIP November 2021
- Social Samantha October 2021
- The Postponed Fulking Fair September 2021
- Blue Badges and Fair Timing August 2021
- Wilding Dog Show July 2021
- Fair Change June 2021
- Village Hall and Fair May 2021
- Churches April 2021
- Bird Watching & Zooming March 2021
- Council-ling and Attitudes February 2021
- New Varia January 2021
- Questions, Light and Future December 2020
- Faith Schools/Recycling/Coronavirus November 2020
- Disputes & Vulnerability October 2020
- Fame & COVID September 2020
- Summer At Furzefield August 2020
- Fair Lament July 2020
- Medics/Cooperation June 2020
- Coronavirus May 2020
- Conservation and COVID-19 April 2020
- Warming to the Clerk March 2020
- Eco February 2020
- New Year Resolutions January 2020
- Which Party to Support December 2019
- Climate Change November 2019
- Nick Hughes, Greta Thunberg, and more October 2019
- Mayfield September 2019
- Fair Play August 2019
- Wildlife Gardening July 2019
- Events June 2019
- Elections May 2019
- Twinning April 2019
- Parish Council Elections March 2019
- Winter Thoughts February 2019
- Christmas and New Year January 2019
- Christmas .. December 2018
- Rev. Graham Jeffery November 2018
- Planning, Calendars & Parties November 2018
- Changing Times October 2018
- Village Demography September 2018
Reply: December 2018 - Village Happenings August 2018
- Fulking Fair July 2018
- Call My Bluff June 2018
- Responsibilities May 2018
- Newtimber Cathedral April 2018
- Parish Councillors March 2018
- Winter/Spring February 2018
- New Year Resolutions January 2018
- Christmas December 2017
- Migration, Dogs & Maps November 2017
- Social Committee October 2017
- A Possible Exit September 2017
- Fulking Fair (cont.) August 2017
- Fulking Fair 2017 July 2017
- Farewell to Tony & Doris June 2017
- Fulking Fair & Wine Quiz May 2017
- Bedroom Tax April 2017
- Spring at Furzefield March 2017
- The Census February 2017
- In with the new and out with the old January 2017
- Christmas December 2016
- Downland Calendar November 2016
- Neighbourliness October 2016
- Fulking Fair (cont.) September 2016
- The Parish of Fulking August 2016
- Fulking Fair (cont.) July 2016
- Fulking Fair (cont.) June 2016
- Fulking Fair 2016 May 2016
- Traffic Problems April 2016
- Village Organisations March 2016
- Social Matters February 2016
- Party Epilogue January 2016
- Christmas Party December 2015
- Homes and the homeless November 2015
- Newtimber Hill October 2015
- Call My Bluff Wine Quiz September 2015
- Not a washout August 2015
- Fulking Fair (reprise) July 2015
- Playground cleanup June 2015
- Fulking Fair May 2015
- Water supply proposal April 2015
- Parish Councillors March 2015
- Fulking Social Committee February 2015
- The Shepherd & Dog January 2015
- Preston Nomads Cricket Club December 2014
Reply: Keeping the peace February 2015 - The architectural mix November 2014
- Aidan’s Pigeon Post October 2014