• I’m not dead … I’m feeling better

    February 27, 2017

    Well having said that I was leaving, because I wasn’t intending to renew my sub, it seems that I have automatically renewed for another 12…

    Goodbye and all that

    December 29, 2016

    The time is almost up for my annual renewal and I have decided not to sign on for another year – life has got so…

    A quick observation

    June 11, 2016

    You always take good health and mobility for granted until it is taken away from you. Last week I had the misfortune of tearing ligaments…

    SPAM’d into an early grave

    March 8, 2016

    I had a birthday last week – a milestone of sorts because I am now at the minimum age required for retirement. This happy prospect…

    An idle morning

    February 25, 2016

    I am sitting here today, with workmen clambering all over the outside of the house erecting scaffolding, and a British Gas main servicing the boiler…

    An odd customer

    February 21, 2016

    I have a friend who works in a local independent wool shop (there are few of those left in the UK so it is a…

    We all become cavemen

    February 12, 2016

    I was chatting with my folks earlier today, the usual sort of meandering chit-chat about nothing in particular, when somehow my dad got onto the…

    Through a train window

    February 6, 2016

    I seldom travel by train these days, or any sort of public transport for that matter – I’m lucky enough to have a job that…

    The most perfect sunrise

    January 30, 2016

    I’m not a seasoned traveller unlike so many people I read about here on SC. Life just hasn’t afforded me the chance of going overseas…

    The jury returns ….

    January 26, 2016

    So I have been on SC for almost two weeks now with just two days left in which to decide on whether I stay. I’ll…