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At the beginning of the week, as I got something from the fridge a rather unstable milk jug discharged its contents all over the lower shelves meaning milk was everywhere. SW.. took control, wipi...

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I love the way a rose starts off as a pert maiden - tight and virginal - and then becomes blowsy - open and available - until it falls apart. Think of the joy of pushing deep into those petals ...

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No, not what you might think - although pics are available - but the traditional picture at this time of year of our red hot pokers. Not as many as there used to be - and some not developing as t...

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I wrote an entry earlier and lost it. So here are the main points! 1. How long will this great weather last? At the moment it seems until after the weekend. Shorts and sandals weather - and what’...

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On Friday SW… lost her car keys. Well, let’s say she mislaid them - we knew that she had them when we got home since she locked the car - but when we looked for them on Saturday morning - not aro...

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As always there is not just a cultural shock when you come back from a couple of weeks in Spain - there is the weather. C24 degrees on Monday in Alicante - and now C11 degrees at home - and that ...

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Owning a place abroad is not all joy. It is f or visitors who come out - but we are always thinking of maintenance and clearing up. We had a problem with a leaking cistern some years ago which no...

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When going out I take my wallet and camera in a small shoulder bag for security. Normally I put it on before leaving but yesterday didn’t and when we drove into the town and parked I realised I h...

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The puncture is fixed - new tyre as well as inner tube - and interesting Spanglish discussion with the man who fixed it. We had to walk to collect the bike as dark clouds appeared and a storm was...

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The good news here in Spain is that the rain should be gone by Friday. Actually, it has already moved away and it is a pleasant C21 degrees. It should be even better at the weekend. The flight to...

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As I write our front lawn has become a feeding ground for starlings - they are excavating a fine harvest of worms and slugs - and a couples of mistle thrushes were doing the same thing all yester...

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I voted today. There seem to be elections for some body, or position or another all over the UK - from local councils, to Police Commissioners, to Mayors, to Assemblies from John O Groats to Land...

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I have not put many up lately, but in the light of news from the US I feel some people might like a bit of a laugh....

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It is interesting the response you have to successes and failures in the family. Mostly sons tell us all about the things which have gone well - sporting success of the grandchildren, academic wo...

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Well the feathered kind at the moment - given that our weather has turned cold they need food and are appearing in our garden. This morning it was a wagtail picking up crumbs and then this eveni...

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I am getting used to new glasses. In reality I did not need new ones - my prescription has been much the same for a number of years - but when I went with SW.. to have her glasses adjusted I thou...

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It’s been a busy few days - and at last I can sit back and have a rest - on Thursday we had the final session of ballroom dancing - actually the classes finished just after Easter, but we had two...

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More on John Wittingdale (see ‘Under the Whip) - the knives are out now as another woman he met on a dating site has told her story to the Mail on Sunday - not my favourite paper - and apparently...

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You may have mised this rather tasty story - in fact, no one would have known about it if the BBC had not brought it up the other night - that is, no one outside medialand would have known, since...

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This was yesterday’s headline in the Daily Telegraph Justin Welby: DNA test reveals my secret father was Sir Winston Churchill’s private secretary Now this might not mean much to some people - b...

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The Grand National meeting is at Aintree, outside Liverpool, and Friday was Ladies’ Day - when the women dress up to the nines and cavort around - or some do - aided by copious amounts of alcohol...

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…SW.. was pleased I had done the work on the garden - not a hint of criticism or fear for my health. I must be reading her wrong!!! Anyway, I am pleased I got it done before the weather which swe...

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I shall be in some trouble later. SW.. had to go out this morning and won’t be back until I have gone walking - so I had it in my mind to mow the front lawn while she was away - no issues there. ...

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I saw my old colleague in hospital yesterday - and no change. At one point I thought he had moved - his bed was empty and he was not sitting nest to it - the staff wondered if he had wandered off...

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This week has been valuable for getting some things done since the normal structure has been affected by bank holidays etc. So we were able to get the garden sorted - the lawns cut again so that ...

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