This is one thing I love about my notepads (and they go back eleven and a half years now!) - the record of what happened remains (and remains much more detailed than anyone can actually remember)... so this was on this day in 2022: I’d been awake for about 10 minutes – in the pitched … Continue reading 365 days ago…

Rain started shortly afterwards, Mum spent 10 minutes flat on her back on her car seat, we set off - continuing our journey to the Isle of Sheppy (Wikipedia - Isle of Sheppey); it was misty, then Faversham was passed at 1.27pm, Teynham had a water purification plant, and was followed by the town of … Continue reading Exploring Canterbury continued…

In this hotel in Canturbury, it was 7.45am when I sat down fully dressed – on the bed that we had discovered sank downwards (a lot) whenever sat on – making it rather hard to get up from, and Mum – who had gone out to do her tai-chi, reopened the door and said she … Continue reading A day exploring Canturbury… (part 1)

And I'm still trying to make my own crumpets: practice is needed - but it may provide the next of my accidental recipes (which have built up to 11) - as sometimes I cook, forget what I've done and try and fix it with an unusual ingredient; or problem solving means something edible comes out … Continue reading Some wintery photos taken recently…

There was a woodlouse crawling down my bedroom wall at 8am, Soot (known as the furry alarm clock at this time of day) had just got off my bed and was having his breakfast, it was a bit misty outside, and I started stirring the porridge with the radio on – and heard the headlines. … Continue reading A little meet-up with new arrivals in the town…

A few of my photos since France (in total, there's been 119 photos since that trip) ----> This was the technique used to attempt some apple harvesting - due to the height and awkward position of them (using a walking stick to wobble the branches and then catching them in a rug... ...... and it's … Continue reading Celebrating Autumn…

It was found, and I was told this place was called La Grand Place; and I saw Dunkin Donuts, Pret A Manger, The Belgian Chocolate Factory, and Starbucks while wandering around in search of the metro part of the station, signs continued to be horrendous, and eventually – a taxi rank was found. My mother's … Continue reading This years birthday adventure continued…

It was the second of our two nights in this hotel in the French city of Lille, I’d been awake for around 2 hours in the night, had eventually got back to sleep, and it was about 6.45am, and was pouring outside, and traffic noise was extremely loud when I woke up again. Down in … Continue reading This year’s birthday adventure…

I was woken up at 5am in this London hotel, had Happy Birthday said to me and told I would need to keep my balance in the shower; 30 minutes later I was fully dressed, it was still mostly dark outside – but I could see the lights of cranes everywhere on the skyline, traffic … Continue reading A look back at my birthday last year…