Yesterday the Labour Party won the by-election in Kilburn and The High Roads from the Blockhead Party (Anyone who works out the musical allusions and connections in that sentence gets a prize. Except you Phil Robinson!). The winner secured a 3,400 majority, which, in my opinion, was excellent news. What was less excellent news was…
The most recent outing for the Fairhaven Methodist Church Walking Group took place on Monday, September 14th when 5 explorers hit the bus routes of Lancashire to rendezvous at the brutallist masterpiece which is Preston Bus Station. We had been promised showers, rain, sunshine and most things in between, but the afternoon was warm and…
Apart from the June announcement of my leaving Facebook, this is my first ‘proper’ post since March. I thought I might give you an overview of my summer highlights. April A few nice walks but this one took first place. Arnside is a lovely spot and this was a lovely day to go with it….
i stopped posting on the blog because the number of people reading fell hugely and nobody was commenting. I now have a private journal which is much more satisfying as I’m just writing for me. However I thought I should post this. Last night I found a load of posts on my Facebook feed from…
Some of you may have read my post “Exploring Darwen’s Reservoirs”. Having posted this on Edgworth Now and Then, I got in conversation with a gentleman called Mark Wild who mentioned Old Russia. I’ve walked around Edgworth many times but never come across the name, so immediately decided this warranted another trip. For the derivation…
It seems that the spring sunshine has decided to join us and to help us put winter and February behind us. Yesterday being the first Wednesday of the month, it was time for the occasional walking group to convene, this time at Haigh Hall near Wigan, for a walk on The Whelley Loop and The…
The weather has been dreadful. Last Tuesday was supposed to be a nice day, but we had quite a bit to do in the morning (Aldi etc). I managed a walk up to St. Annes and back and the weather was nice but the walk was not what I needed. Heather had stuff to do…
Why I Scrubbed My Facebook Feed Over the last few weeks I have found myself scrolling through Facebook, only to be bombarded by political comments and articles. I decided I needed to begin cleaning up my digital life. In the last week, the number of articles regarding Jim Ratcliffe’s controversial views on immigration has been…