J says Norfolk is not “the south”. R says it is. I am with J on that one. We went out for lunch and then to see his parents’ grave for the last time (for a year or so anyway). We walked back and it was freezing. So sunny south it is not. I actually […]

J and I moved from the house to clearing out the garage today. This would be a monumental task, but luckily we have a house clearance company coming to clear up the residual contents once J has taken what he wants. An old cupboard contained boxes and boxes of ancient magazines (some of which are […]

We gave these to a friend from the village who had helped Chloe a lot and who is a fantastic craftswoman. For some reason there are three separate sewing tables in the house – one Victorian walnut which J took himself, and two others which are 1960s/70s but are stuffed with old things. There are […]

Eventually got here, although I was later than I wanted to be. Because I was so late in setting off I didn’t get to King’s Lynn until 9pm, by which time the last bus had long gone. I hadn’t prebooked a taxi and I didn’t reckon that one of the station rack would take me […]

What is the worst journey in mainland UK to undertake by any means of transport in January? My contender for this title is Lochgoilhead to Little Walsingham. Car – nine hours drive (not including breaks). A significant portion of this is on bad roads, first in Scotland and then in Norfolk. Flight – only vaguely […]

R and I went for a walk yesterday. It was pouring with rain and we got soaked to the skin (me more than R because he dresses more sensibly). This was some of the devastation caused to the trees around the Inverlounin loop path by the storm. Today it was more like this. Bitterly cold […]

My Mum used to have a cat called Heidi (he was actually a boy – at least when Lucky had his “sex change” he had a gender neutral name). She loved him dearly, and I am sure he was a nice cat at heart, but he had had a hard life with a previous owner […]

We’ve had torrential rain the last few days and the rivers are super high. R and I went for a walk during a brief interval between downpours. The Donich was very high, but the Goil was even higher. We walked round to the community garden, but nearly went back when we saw the path was […]

Today is the final day of Mousemas and co-incidentally, also R’s birthday. He got a load of nice presents and cards, including three from the cats. This was from Saphy. This was from Amber And this was from Lucky (this will not be a prophecy, as like everyone else he is going on a diet […]

Some catnip teabags for the cats’ Mousemas presents turned up today.  Many cats actually open their presents on Mousemas Eve as the 11th day of the festival is often called. The ladies liked the teabags, but it would be fair to say that Lucky really, really liked them. First of all he tried to eat […]