King eligible for Blue Parking badge?
Three cheers for King Charles for telling us about his cancer. It’s taken enormous courage and bravery to acknowledge his diagnosis, the treatment and the
07/02/2024
Blog & Articles of Interest
As January draws to a close…
Hurrah! Massive congratulations to the sous-chef for completing his January “Run your Age” challenge https://youtu.be/8ZLHVwGfadE?si=ieiYynKIY3BuJWV2 for Age UK with a day to spare. Not only
31/01/2024
Treading carefully
Making progress. Good news: the hospital bed and all the other paraphernalia has gone back and, hurrah!, I’ve actually walked down the front path to
31/01/2024
January rambles
Hot stuff. The sous-chef is still pounding out his daily quota as he runs his age. Sponsorship welcomed at https://www.facebook.com/donate/268477082584179/ and all goes to Age
31/01/2024
Happy January
Running for Age UK. The sous-chef’s challenge for January this year: running his very considerable age. The combination of an old serious injury plus his
31/01/2024
Sixty years on.
Just finished Mickey Spillane’s book “The Snake” (published 1964). Staggering attitudes towards how men and women interacted: lantern-jawed, monosyllabic Mike Hammer resisting sex before marriage
31/01/2024
New Year Greetings!
Season’s kisses. Howard arrived with this huge bunch of mistletoe just before Christmas. It’s hanging in the kitchen ready for kissing duties and he took
31/01/2024
Christmas Cheer and Congratulations.
Please enjoy the latest triumph: after more than three months, I have at last managed to climb the stairs to the bedroom, study etc! Now
13/12/2023
Journey to recovery
Life has been very fuzzy over the last few weeks: on top of the spinal fracture (manageable), still living in hospital bed in conservatory, there’s
06/12/2023