Happy Anniversary & Birthday Saidi (RIP)
Should have been a double celebration today: Saidi’s 16th birthday and here 13th anniversary living with us. Instead we only get to remember what a beautiful lady she was, superb …
Lockdown 3.0: How Was Your First Week?
I ask because I am a little concerned that I missed the memo cancelling the Lockdown. Walking the dogs back in March in our allotted hour per day we bumped …
Lockdown 3.0: What Different From Previously
Here we go again then, yet another Lockdown. I think this is Lockdown 3.0, but who knows with all the various tiers that we have accelerated through in recent months? …
Dry January: 34th Year
Another year starts with a Dry January for me, the 34th year in a row that I have done this. No huge story behind it: when I fist started work …
2021 A Year Of Emotional, Financial and Social Austerity
As I write this Brexit is done, and the Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has been approved, and will join the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine being rolled out throughout the UK. With a …
Happy Anniversary Charmin
It is four (4) years today since a combination of unpredicted events led to Charmin living with my parents. Neither he, not his timing, could have been better. My parents …
Gray Nicolls NHS Charities Together Cricket Bat
Another cricket bat added to the “collection”but this one is a little different. We’ve teamed up with NHS Charities Together to bring you an amazing new cricket bat. The bat …
Remembering Orla (RIP)
It is hard to believe that it is twelve (12) years today that we lost Orla. Would have loved to have seen how she developed as she was such good …