Happy entry into 2023. So. Spent the last week of 2022 fighting a chest infection. Finally gave up on Thursday and spoke with GP. Appointment to be seen in-person next morning. Antibiotics, instructions to do X and Y and call… Continue Reading
Happy hols. It’s Boxing Day here (named for when the servants of the rich used to have the day off after working on Xmas and were given their Christmas ‘box’) which is a day off in a week that few… Continue Reading
What a week it was: too cold on several days to walk the dog or do my evening walk. Layers, heat on, still chilled. Would hunker under the duvet and a blanket and shiver for 5 minutes until I managed… Continue Reading
I live in the southwest of England, near the Atlantic coast (on an estuary, not on the ocean itself). It’s generally a mild-ish climate. People grow palm trees. I know I complain about the weather – rainy, grey, damp, cloudy,… Continue Reading
It’s December. Happy getting towards winter? Our tree (small but plump this year) went up today (see pic). For the time being the weather here has switched to dry, cold and bright which is a really pleasant change from wet,… Continue Reading
The Christmas market has started in the cathedral town near where I live. We went today and I completely forgot to take pictures. I did get one of the cathedral interior – at least. The Xmas market is fun, although… Continue Reading
Snap. Last week, Tom wrote about department stores that are gone. I’d already started to conceptualise a post on perfumes etc that have disappeared. There isn’t that much long gone I kick myself about but the ones I missed —… Continue Reading