It is mid-October now but until a day or so ago, we in England were still enjoying to some degree a summer. This despite the fact that the sun crossed the equator around 3 weeks ago. Until Tuesday, the weather in much of Southern England at least was 22 degrees C or 72 degrees F. … Continue reading Autumn is here or why is weather in Britain so complicated
Category: Life
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My Grandfathers Clock
It’s no secret that I like travelling. In particular I love travelling by trains and I hate travelling by planes. I have always liked travelling by trains even when it is more practical to fly or drive by car. Train stations are amazing places. So many people coming and going. Some in a hurry, some… Continue reading My Grandfathers Clock
Childhood, food and a long lost table cloth.
It’s funny in my mind at least how different times were in the 1970’s than they are now. From a childs point of view we were much like the Victorians in the 19thC than what we are like in the modern day. We had to be polite to everyone and if not quite “seen but… Continue reading Childhood, food and a long lost table cloth.
Thoughts of past and present
Those of you who follow my blog closely may have noticed that I haven’t posted much since I was on my holiday. There are no particular reasons for this except I have had lots of non-blog things to do since my return which have taken up every waking hour for the last week or two.… Continue reading Thoughts of past and present
A trip to the beach by steam train
On day 2 of our holiday to Norfolk we decided to go to the seaside town of Sheringham but before that we put out some of the goodies which we bought yesterday in Holt. The wind chimes above we got from an Aladdins Cave of a shop which was full of goodies from India, China… Continue reading A trip to the beach by steam train
A belated summer holiday
Yesterday we went on our summer holiday a little bit out of season due to my work circumstances or rather lack of them!! We like to have at least 1 week a year in the countryside and this year have a cottage in the beautiful county of Norfolk. Norfolk is an extremely rural and quiet… Continue reading A belated summer holiday
102 great words that aren’t in English but should be!
I spent 4 years at a college in London University studying Africa and Asia. It was the most wonderful place due to the exposure of various languages and cultures and when I say various I mean hundreds. I remember one day on the train thinking to myself how many countries I had friends from. Given… Continue reading 102 great words that aren’t in English but should be!
With silver bells and cockleshells
Something amazing has happened this summer. We actually got one! I’ve had a my own house and garden for 5 years and this is the first time that we have actually had a summer. We’ve had 5 or 6 weeks of “hot” weather and another month or two of fine warm weather with just the… Continue reading With silver bells and cockleshells
Everybodys free to write (and wear sunscreen)
About 15 years ago I bought a book entitled “All I Really Need to Know I learned from Star Trek”, it became one of several philosophical type books about Star Trek that are scattered around my bookshelves, I’m not entirely sure where they all are, partially as I lend them out or my Uncle takes… Continue reading Everybodys free to write (and wear sunscreen)
Speaking up for Introverts!
The world is split into two types of people, me and everyone else. More helpful than that, it is divided between Introverts and Extroverts. The world is ruled and dominated by extroverts, perhaps because introverts don’t want to speak up. Introverts make up roughly a third of the general population but are often overlooked or… Continue reading Speaking up for Introverts!
Stephen Liddell 