Coronavirus
Boris has declared that as from next Monday the next phase to remove some restrictions can take place. Much more freedom, meeting in doors, public places opened, more visitors to care homes and funerals and so on. This is good news for us lucky ones here in the UK and it means that all being […]
Thursday was local election day and most results are now in. Looks like Scotland have a majority SNP but not quite an overall majority. The experts tell us that the country is now divided 50/50 over independence. They calculate this with some juggling of other smaller parties. Throughout England there has been a massive increase […]
I rode my first 10 mile Time Trial yesterday for a couple of years. Time was 30.48 minutes, just outside 30 minutes which is 20mph average. I was pleased particularly as there was a bit of a headwind. Great to see both Les (88) and MikeD (86) both competing, I hope I can manage 38 […]
It was great to have Mike and family down for the day, the boys were were excited to see us again. The heavy rain wasn’t expected till the evening but it was getting stronger through the day. however, I lit up the chiminera which stuart bought us several years ago but this is the first […]
After my tooth extraction I have taken life a bit more easily to aid recovery. So much so that on Tuesday, being a glorious day, Sue and I visited Hole Park. After a nice cafe stop in the sunshine at Hartley we drove down to Hole Park. Looking forward to bore Sue by showing her […]
After an excellent discussion with my dentist i decided to go ahead with the extraction. It went very well and came out in one go without breaking as I had been warned it might have done! As I write this my anaesthetic has just worn off and the I have popped some paracetomol as it […]
14 years ago on 24th April our dear granddaughter Grace died. She is always in our thoughts and we miss her greatly. We are so proud of Stuart and Natalie and of course, the boys in the way they have grown as a family. Ollie was just 3 at the time and both Danny and […]
A major climate change online meeting with heads of the worlds main countries took place today. President Biden making a great announcement that the US has pledged to cut carbon emissions by 50-52% below 2005 levels by the year 2030. Quite a turn round from the Trump era. EU has agreed to cut CO2 emissions […]
My antibiotics for my mouth infection are having some effect now as the pressure is easing and it is a bit more comfortable. I had a bad and strange experience on Tuesday night. I suddenly felt tired and went to bed early but when I turned over I had extreme dizziness and a very uncomfortable […]
We are now allowed 2 nominated visitors to visit Mum so today Sue came with me . It made everything so much easier particularly as we were able to take Mum out in the garden for a short walk. Only around the decking and nearby path but it was such a relief and the weather […]