I've been to the physio at the wonderful Tavistock Hospital this morning for analysis and treatment of my shoulder injury. Apparently I may have ( Read more... )

Yesterday I was idly reminiscing about my childhood in the heart of Mercia's kingdom, as one does don't you know. A memory then popped into what's left of my disappearing brain. This memory was of going to Crutchley's grocery store in George Street with my Aunty Doris. I remember that we took with us a pudding basin and tea towel so that we could ( Read more... )

I hope Dee and Rich are having a great time in Kenya and aren't too disturbed by roaring lions and bellowing elephants at night! I trust Jenny has had a brilliant time Downunder and enjoyed a good flight back to Heathrow today ( Read more... )

Although I often think of my father I am especially thinking of him today. He died 49 years ago and over this time my memories of him have naturally faded. I know that he loved his children very much and I am certain that he would be very proud of his three children. I also wonder what he would make of the legacy that are his grandchildren; Lynn, ( Read more... )

I'm slowly getting used to my hearing aids. I picked them up in Plymouth this morning and for the first hour of wearing them I felt quite nauseous and disorientated. Sounds, before unheard, seemed to be jumping at me from all directions. I was really surprised by the noise from the tyres of moving cars and even pushchairs. The background noise of ( Read more... )

Absolute Balderdash! Those big boys from The Mercian Secondary School thought it was good sport to snatch the caps off the heads of us Grammar Grubs and sling them onto the railway line...but the death of Sundance or was it Butch has led me to reminisce...here is the Old School Song..Far be it for me to upset anyone who, unlike me, has fond ( Read more... )

Do you remember Uncle Staveley in Peter Tinniswood's "I didn't know you cared"? He was the lovable old geezer who repeatedly said " I heard that, pardon!" Well I've been a bit like that for a time now. I do hear that something is being said but not hearing what has been said. My hearing test today has confirmed my suspicions i.e. that I have lost ( Read more... )

Marilyn and I went to Chagford today and I bought some nice shiny green wellies to replace my leaking favourites. Lunch was taken in the New Forge, I had a delicious crayfish, shrimp and salmon pasta concoction. Feeling guilty for being so decadent, and leaving Marilyn to shop further, I went and sat in penance in the beautiful and ancient church ( Read more... )

So yet another bumper crop of A-level results are announced today with 8% of our super brainy students gaining the new A* grade. Indeed it is reported that 97.6% of entrants achieved an E grade or above. Does this suggest that only 2.4% of entrants actually fail an A-level in these modern times? A staggeringly small number methinks, but on the ( Read more... )

Wise words indeed from Thomas Fuller and infinite patience was much required when we were invited to take an evening meal at the “Inn On The Shore” in South East Cornwall ( Read more... )