Another challenging night but felt better late morning and enough to cut the grass; after which I was wiped-out. A test confirmed that I've still got the unmentionable, wicked, virus-thing. Son Andy ...

The weather took a downhill step today - grey and dismal at first trending to sea fog as the day went on. Saltburn Pier looked threatening/threatened? under the ...

Over 3 weeks ahead for me in this lovely part of the world , first stop is near Stirling , then travelling to Skye for a few nights, then onwards . Exciting times , memories and adventures ahead.

Yesterday we drove home, because F had a check-up at the eye clinic, glad all was ok. Nice to visit the center of Maastricht afterwards, such lovely sunny day today, maybe the last one, don't hope so ...

Today's arrival, along with a pile of Pan Am goodies, including a flight man, luggage label, passport cover and keyring, was the Timex Pan Am Waterbury GMT.

The plant room of the garden centre is beginning to look a little barer as autumn approaches but there were still sufficient interesting blooms around for me to take several images. However, in terms ...

Another day of blue sky and sunshine. I had a friend round this morning who had expressed an interest in acquiring a few monkey puzzles, so she joined me in a cuppa out in the sunshine, then I broke ...

Very much an EB but it's interesting at least. This is one of Jim's tools and it hangs outside of the garage. It's huge and rusty. I don't think it really gets used. The gears are cool, though. I ...

The turkey families are visiting more often now. Bob mowed on Monday so this morning they headed right to the wee meadow (extra). There was a dozen of them. The meadow must be rich in grasshoppers and ...

Took a walk through the backstreets of Northbridge, an inner city suburb. There were many blippable things but not too many minimalist things that I could see! This old building was interesting and ...

The chef at the restaurant was Bolivian, and he sent us this message when he heard we were celebrating our anniversary in Avignon. See extra. A truly special moment. Grateful for all I have been given ...

With the weather so nice and warm, we had a drive down to Ogmore by Sea, about forty minutes away. In the summer it's hard to find a parking space, but with the kids back in school it wasn't a problem ...