Good morning everyone - we're back to lovely cool sunny days again, ideal for chores outside before it becomes too hot and luckily there have been some showers in between...this time of the year is...
Good morning everyone - a bit of a hiccup weather wise in the middle of the week, with a spectacularly noisy thunderstorm which lasted all night !! Luckily the animals slept through, it was the humans...
Good morning everyone - a lovely sunny Spring day here, one of several over the past week and continuing for the next little while .....whether it does remains to be seen ( and we could really use...
Have received electricity bill and it has given me an estimated reading. I never usually do anything about it - just pay it per se by direct debit - is it my own interests to read the meter and give...
A report on last night’s ITN News interviewed 2 Jihadi Brides who want to return to the UK, but the UK will not repatriate detainees. Should these young women be allowed back, or left to rot?...
Good morning everyone - still trying to crawl back out of the return to Winter which has been plaguing us with wind and rain through a week predicted to be sunny !! Not sure whose weather we actually...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/14/german-march-against-far-right-draws-huge-crowds-in-berlin Heartening to see nearly a quarter of a million people protesting in Berlin over the rise of...
Good morning everyone - a lovely sunny day here, so we're back to Spring again. A mad morning here though, it was 'hunt the wallet' time and of course it was the last place anyone looked !! And the...
"It's a boy." I shouted with tears rolling down my face.
"I don't believe it. A boy."
It's at that moment I decided I'd never visit Thailand again................
Good morning everyone - and what promised to be a great weekend is rapidly doing reverse gear ......our daughter, flying in from Melbourne and should have been here a hour ago, has been delayed by not...
No kids ourselves, but occurred to us: how do parents of not-very-good-looking (or downright ugly) children cope with helping their kids face the world? In this stupid society, where good looks seem...
Good morning everyone - not too bad here for the start of a long weekend, at least they're not predicting downpours which is usually fairly standard for this time of year. On the surface, the links...
https://news.sky.com/story/council-finance-manager-who-stole-62000-meant-for-grenfell-fire-survivors-is-jailed-11511074
I despair at human kind sometimes....
Hi about 5 months ago a motorbike went up the back of me in my car.To my surprise today I got a summons to go to court for driving without care and attention.This has really shocked me as the...
Mr Loophole has yet again got a rich and famous celeb off a speeding fine and or points on a technicality. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-45668735 David Beckham is rich enough and self...
ain't I? New motor ordered after last weeks write off. A Dealer in South London came up with the best on-line price for a Cash Deal. Octavia Vrs Estate, 242 bhp, 7 speed auto box + a few goodies,...