One early start a week is, it seems, not enough. Having awoken on Thursday at 5:00 AM to get down to Heathrow and collect our friends, Keith and Marlene Stillman from Richmond, Virginia, today we were roused from sleep at…
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Hypocritic Oath
On Wednesday we were all treated to a graphic demonstration of the hypocrisy of our dearly beloathed Prime Minister, Gordon Brown. The news hounds must have been wetting themselves with glee at such a faux pas from the man seeking…
Tagged with: politics
Loyalty Penalties, Part 2
Day 1 back at home after a wonderful trip walking the coast and hills of Dorset. Naturally, one of the first jobs is to go through the mail, both snail- and e-, that has accumulated during one’s absence. One missive…
Tagged with: Finance
Not Yorkshire
Almost 10 years ago the husband of one of my former Walker colleagues died of pancreatic cancer. Jenni later moved down to Dorset. We had Jenni’s phone number but, of course, what we didn’t have was a mobile phone signal…
Dorset Preparations
At last, after a long wait and an even longer winter, ‘t was time to wake up our hibernating Billy Bailey from his storage field and make preparations for two weeks in Dorset. I actually collected him on Friday so…
Tagged with: food
Loyalty Penalties
Since our beloved Mazda MX5 (a.k.a. “Mazzie”) is now 11 years old, for the last two years I’ve taken out breakdown and recovery cover with the AA. Although most of our longer journeys are in our tow car, it seemed…
Tagged with: Finance
On Tenter-hooks
As a child I recall getting several common day-to-day phrases completely and utterly wrong. I suspect it stemmed from a childlike lower vocabulary. I was, after all, more of a scientist than a language scholar and, when it came to…
Tagged with: photography
Crocodile Fears
A couple of years ago I became a great fan of Crocs. I know they probably cost pence to make and sell for £30 but I love them. Not only are they particularly suited to our camping lifestyle but they…
Depressing Returns
When we landed back in the UK on Sunday after a wetter-than-expected but enjoyable trip to Spain, a couple of depressing situations greeted us, apart from the fact that it was raining slightly and the country appeared pretty much flooded.…
Some GPS Fun
Having returned from Spain on Sunday to some pretty standard English drizzle, Monday and Tuesday were very pleasant, even if a little cool. Tuesday was our day for a U3A walk so I took the ol’ Garmin GPS along to…
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