This was Wednesday - a day trip there and back (and my total by bed time was 8 and a half pages of notes and almost 200 photos)... Chopping a couple of bits off my hair and deciding to take my fleece with me on todays venture out preceded the car moving at 9.45am in … Continue reading This years first venture down to London: part 1
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Memories of some French culinary culture – Part 2
Memories of some French culinary culture – Part 1 https://myencephalitisnotepad.co.uk/2026/04/07/memories-of-some-french-culinary-culture-part-1/ At 4.20pm, there were a few random blobs of rain; and I was told that the cooking class was about to start, so I went over to the kitchen, we were all given aprons and chefs hats, and John Paul said lots of things in … Continue reading Memories of some French culinary culture – Part 2
A day of my latest adventure – this is a bit of Bali…
Bali is a province of Indonesia (and one of the Lesser Sunda Islands) - and this was the 5th day of my trip (I always do these trips in groups) round it... A road we were on had a big volcano was at the end of (called Mount Agung – meaning 'The Great Mountain' – … Continue reading A day of my latest adventure – this is a bit of Bali…
Daily Exercise: litter picking on the local roads
A walk while litter picking had been proposed for todays daily exercise, and when the house was left it was 3.23pm, 23°C, and gusts were at 48km/h: there was a random unopened sachet of flower food on Farm Road, one man on the bowling green practicing, a bottle cap appeared to have been embedded in … Continue reading Daily Exercise: litter picking on the local roads
A look round the lakes of The Lake District
At 8.30am - when it was 18°C - the holiday apartment in Penrith (a small town in Cumbria) we were staying in was left; the car moved 6 minutes later and went along the very dead high street sort of street, followed by Middlegate, King Street, Victoria Road, and a couple more streets before the … Continue reading A look round the lakes of The Lake District