The weather is still extremely cold today. It was -6C first thing this morning and I put a bowl of warm water out for the birds with their seeds. This afternoon about 3pm when I went out again – the water from this morning had completely frozen over – so temperature had not risen above […]

It was -5C this morning early when we set out for Helensburgh to get the car serviced and go to the dentist. This was our driveway at 7:30 It was spectacularly beautiful all along the road. We took this picture when stopped at traffic lights, but it doesn’t do it justice. Then we walked along […]

After my first abortive operation I was pretty much convinced I would never walk normally again. My foot was basically a fair degree worse than it had been before the operation and was so tilted over to one side that I couldn’t put it flat to the floor or walk without considerable pain. Several weeks […]

The house J has inherited has an annoying feature (well several actually but I’ll talk about this one right now). The front door of the house is on Cleves Drive, and the back door is on Wells road. This back door is highly unsuitable for deliveries as it is up a overgrown path and is […]

I heard a (possibly apocryphal) story once about someone who was moving house to a building which had been converted from a farm. Some time after they moved in they received a letter from a credit card company offering a platinum credit card with a £10K limit to a “Mr Pygg, The Stye” So on […]

We went to see the Christmas Lights at Holkham Hall tonight – this is a truly magnificent indoor display where many of the state rooms are opened up and decorated in sumptuous fashion (it has been on TV multiple times). According to the website it was “15 to 20 minutes gentle walk” from the bus […]

We are living well here down in the soft south. Yesterday we had a cream tea with homemade scones from the Walsingham Farm Shop, gooseberry preserve and clotted cream. This morning we had a full English again from the farm shop with local bacon, sausages and eggs. I might get fat apart from Norfolk life […]

I’ve spent most of today helping J pack up his mother’s china cabinet – this was a big job as she was a keen attender of auction sales. Many of the items are singleton tea and coffee cups, obviously survivors from very splendid sets indeed as they are surpassingly beautiful.  It was a real shame […]

Went down to sunny Norfolk to help J pack up his house there as he has now sold it. The weather down here really is sunny although pretty cold. We walked out to the Slipper Chapel and back – it was very lovely walking out along the disused railway track and rather less lovely walking […]

We found this wildlife hole on our way back from our walk.  What could have made it? Was it a badger?  A marten? An otter? I sees who it is. Though actually it could be one of the other creatures that made it and Lucky is just using it.