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The question every morning is ‘what day is this? Basically we work it out if the milkman will be bringing milk, when we have porridge (M, W F), when there is no Today programme at 6 am in the mo...

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Boris Johnson’s letter to every household in the UK has come through the door - poor postman has to go to every house - and it is a bit late now, since Boris did not take his own advice and as I ...

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As I write I should have been on a cruise ship somewhere in the English Channel en route to Oporto - well, things change. Nice to be safer here - well, as safe as one can feel - and just hope for...

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South east Spain in the winter is great when the sun is out - and it was for all the two weeks we were there - a great time to walk and just relax - but things started to come apart a bit last We...

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This was SW… opening her presents - yes - you are right - false news - but I do like the old pinups - just thinking that sixty years ago they were the means whereby young men got erections and...

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I am so remiss these days - not coming on here enough except to read my favourites and keep in touch. Of course, as you can imagine the result of the election here did not fill me with joy - the ...

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Over the years I have written about my dislike of the English rugby team - even though I am English. Not only the team but the commentators, and general acolytes around the team. If England won t...

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The phrase used to be - ‘A week is a long time in politics’ - at the present moment ‘30 minutes seems a long time - who knows what will happen - a Prime Minister ostensibly refusing to abide by t...

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We are back from Spain - moving from C30 degrees in the shade to C12 degrees and rain - but in a way it is nice to get back to some normal weather. I had all kinds of ideas for entries while away...

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Some cruise pics Not left port but found the top deck and a white wine in the sunshine dance class two views of the sea - calm and rough

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Apparently Mother’s Day, to use it’s commercial name, is the major selling time for the purveyors of flowers - which obviously includes the supermarkets - and no doubt there are husbands scooting...

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Life goes on in a predictable fashion - walking on a Monday and Tuesday with groups - which is good for physical and mental well-being - the exercise for the first, the social chat for the second...

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I have definitely not been on top form this week. Last weekend I had a sore throat which made it difficult to swallow - and also kept me awake at night - as I suspected it developed into a head c...

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Can you see the egret in the reflections?

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An egret in the stream in the reflection of trees and sky - almost an abstract http://imgur.com/wj2Bf5v

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http://imgur.com/fMs0JFS Bird watching in Spain - managed to see a tern diving for fish

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And just like that SW… books us a short cruise at the end of October. I could see it coming - the odd hint about it - mainly ignored by me - the fact we could well afford it - it was in a sale le...

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We were away over the weekend taking the opportunity to see eldest grandson play some representative rugby - and meet up with our son and the rest of the family. Neither of our sons ever played t...

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Internet on board has been a bit dodgy but seems OK now. So we have been in Bulgaria and then Serbia - a wonderful town called Novi Sad - now going up towards Budapest wheee we get off to fly ho...

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Getting close to Christmas - and so three for today - actually every day seems like Christmas Eve with people rushing out to shop as if there was no tomorrow - actually supermarkets will be open ...

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Getting close to Christmas - and so two for today - actually every day seems like Christmas Eve with people rushing out to shop as if there was no tomorrow - actually supermarkets will be open on...

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Nothing to report on the misdemeanors of elected members (of parliament, that is). The news is full of millions of documents hacked from a tax advisory firm which shows all the details of how peo...

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I wonder how many people have been following the tennis at Wimbledon? You might have missed the overwhelming belief in the UK that they had two potential champions in Andy Murray and Johanna Kont...

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When we are travelling to Spain in January I always get a bit antsy since you never know what the weather will be like here - with possibilities of fog, ice, snow etc which might cause some probl...

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