The Yorkshire Post had a few poignant lines tucked away on an inside page on 7/7. The father of one of the young Muslim bombers had taken a chair and sat by his son’s unmarked grave to read his copy of the Koran and, no doubt, reflect on that day. Rider was moved by this small report – in [...]
Mild panic Chez Rider with 2 days to go to holiday in France. Should have brushed up on language skills since it’s many years since ecole. Phrase books will be taken but not much good in real-time terms. Him Indoors trying to translate a ditty to sing, along the lines of ‘J’assis ici mon coeur [...]
A peculiarly British invention. The best place for this isn’t one of the overpriced London Hotels, or indeed one of the Betty’s cafes. Here is where to go – Mill Farm Nurseries Tea Rooms at South Milford. At a Betty’s each person would pay either £15.75 or £17.75 (why there should be a £2 difference is not at [...]
Barely containable excitement at Rider’s – what will come through the letterbox today in the way of leaflets exhorting Rider to vote for this party or that. Each party has such different promises – to reduce crime, spend more money on schools/hospitals/pensioners/families/single people/anyone with blue eyes… Local Council elections double the reading matter. With nearly [...]
It all happens in this village. We’re close to an ‘attraction’ – a big old house with a bird and animal garden. Quite a few different small animals in the paddocks, including wallabies. This morning we’ve had a police car going round with a loudspeaker warning of an escaped wallaby. We’ve all been checking our [...]
To National Rail Museum York.. well worth a free visit. The one in Sacramento USA was good with the engines beautifully kept and Rider picked up ‘The Harvey Girls – Women Who Opened the West’ there.. terrific book. The York museum is even bigger than when visited some years ago. Apart from the trains, carriages, goods wagons, bullet and [...]
Chester is such an interesting place. Great museum with part explaining Roman Chester. The XX Legion – symbol a boar and motto Valeria Victrix was stationed there over many years. Long after they’d departed a section of the city wall was repaired using some gravestones from the Roman time. This was jolly lucky cause the [...]
I’l fait beau aujourd’hui le 4 mars et c’est l’anniversaire de Grenouille (28). That’s enough French for today then… there are trois months before the trip. Consulting the Phrase book throws up some interesting things for conversation.. Je fais des economies pour m’acheter une moto.. for instance. Very amusing to let someone think Rider’s getting a [...]
Ooh .. it’s years since Rider enfamille visited France. Hols had been discussed.. from a few days in New York to ditto in Hong Kong, to walking on the Isle of Wight, to walking in Portugal, to Hotel on the Algarve, to Hotel in Normandy via ferry. Criterion was fairly cheap this year to allow [...]
It’s all good fun being a Parish Council Clerk – a letter I wrote on behalf of the Council provoked some fone calls. One chap was reluctant to let me answer until I said I would have to put the fone down unless he allowed me to. Another lady was the opposite being kind and supportive. [...]
