It was a simple plan; Get petrol, go to PC Store for Camera Case, pay Cheque in Bank (rarity), buy Cat Food and come home.
The total mileage for this should be 7 miles and take 55 minutes tops. But no, life isn’t that simple is it…..
Half way to Petrol I get held up. Two foreign [...]

and some solutions
Once again I have a moan about Supermarkets, but you may notice one thing becoming clear. It’s not the Supermarket companies I moan the most about, it’s the people who go in them!
Here in Ashford we have three major Supermarket chains and all supply good accessibility and ample parking areas. It’s a rare [...]

The main advantages from doing your shopping at home, especially during the busy seasons like Christmas and Easter, are you’re ….
Saving Petrol by not going down the High Street, then after finding you can’t get the right thing, driving around the ever increasing Business Parks for what you want.
Saving Parking Fees and that long wait [...]

I remember what day it was. It was the day after the kids went back to school when my usual 5 minute car journey to the DIY Store took me 20 minutes. I needed to get a new Pendant for the Sitting Room light because the old one had disintegrated in a powdered mess on [...]

When my daughter had a disabled badge for some while and I went to the Supermarket with her, it was brought to my attention how many non-badge people park in the allocated Disabled Slots.
If she went in the Supermarket ahead of me, or if I just got plain bored with the trudging around, I’d hang [...]

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 [...]

After you’ve avoided the abandoned trolley’s spread all over the car park and dodged the reversing cars, usually 4×4’s taking up a space and a half or illegally parked in the disabled spot, stand still and mentally prepare yourself for the ordeal ahead.
It is best to prepare the mind for entertainment and general observation of [...]