Normally I get around on my dependable little 50cc Moped, or cycle. But upon returning from a few days in Southampton last weekend, I had no alternative.
No one could pick me up from the Station, the last bus had gone (that’s at 1900hrs!) and I had two fairly heavy bags to carry. If I hadn’t […]

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At last, the local TV and Radio can forget about the normal main item of “Cyclist falls off bike and hurts dog” and replace it with news of global importance!
There I was, a rare lay in for me, staring at the ceiling contemplating getting up, when the earth literally moved for me.

For about 7/8 seconds […]

 
Get a huge Grant, buy some land near a Motorway, an Airport and the Med, build a Golf Course, put an enormous Housing Estate around it and move the Brits in.
Well, from two recent visits to Spain, that’s the impression I get. At least it seems to have done away with the dreaded ‘timeshare’ schemes!
The […]

You may think by now that I do harp on a bit about the trains, I do!
But it’s not so much the train service, but those who get on them. All I want to do is have a pleasant journey in relative peace and ponder on my thoughts or read something good.
But no, you aren’t […]

I was going to Southampton for a few days. Normally I either get a lift or take the bicycle with me, but times of the day etc. gave reason to take the bus instead.
Luckily the bus stop is up the end of the Lane, a mere 80 yard walk or so. I walked up to […]

I’ve had to make two visits to the Hospital in the last six months, both for different reasons.
The first visit was for the Eyes and was quite a long event. After that experience and upon hearing I needed to make an appointment for some tests, I thought it wise to purchase a good book.
I went […]

You have made the first step to semi self sufficiency and dug an area at the bottom of your garden to grow your own.
This will bring you hours of theraputic pleasure and a few nightmares as well with the continuing fight against cats, birds, insects and slugs.
But there’s nothing like it; out the earth and […]

A trip to the Garden Centre can be quite an interesting event nowadays. An evolutionary progression from the good old ‘Nursery’, it can be a wealth of observation and frustration.
A typical trip out to buy a packet of seeds…….
The Car Park is usually twice the size of the Centre itself and you find it difficult […]

I guess it was too much to ask for a new series of Casataway to get anywhere near the brilliance of the first and the fact that the BBC have already reduced the programme schedule can only go to prove it.
Instead of families, raw self sufficiency and a lot of frugal imagination, we have individuals […]