All the leaves have gone from the horse chestnut tree at Lytham Hall. It will be interesting to see what happens next year. Was it the weather or some disease which caused the leaves to fall of in clumps? Cold today, but Lytham Hall still looks lovely, although I wouldn’t like to pay for the…
We are just back from a lovely weekend in Harrogate. We got a brilliant hotel deal to coincide with a performance by the mighty Bellowhead at the Harrogate Convention Centre and also my birthday. We met up with some family on Saturday morning , had a stroll around Harrogate and then went out for a…
Unless you’ve been in a cave in Outer Mongolia for the last few months, you will be aware that the US Presidential election took place on November 5th. Bonfire night, how appropriate. So who won, I hear you ask as you emerge from said Mongolian cave, tripping over 6 months growth of beard. Most people…
Back when I was at school, in the middle of the last century, we were taught about the great Victorian philanthropist industrialists, and foremost in these families were the Cadbury clan. The Cadburys were Quakers. That doesn’t mean they just ate porridge, but does mean they were devout Christians and pacifists. In 2010 Cadbury was…
So, I had this bright idea. I thought I’ll take a series of photos of the big chestnut tree at Lytham Hall over a number of weeks to illustrate the onset of autumn and then winter. The original idea was for 1 a week. The first (Autumn on the way) was published on October 10th…
Latest medical update: PSA is 1.59 and everyone is reasonably happy with that. Potassium is 3.3 which is low, but no lower than it has been for the last 6 years apart from the 2 occasions in recent weeks when I was on potassium supplements, but my GP isn’t happy and I have to see…
So, I open the Guardian App this morning while drinking my cup of tea and see the above headline and I wonder “What is going on??” Who is this speaking? Is it David Cameron or Theresa May or Boris Johnson or Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak (have I missed any?)? No! It’s our Labour Prime…
After a day of grey skies and rain yesterday, this morning the sun shone and the sky was blue. I’m keeping my eye on the chestnut tree at the side of Lytham Hall and waiting for it to show its full autumn glory, so there may be more pictures similar to these.