A Conservative Donor waiting for a peerage Over the last few weeks I’ve found it harder and harder to read the paper or watch the news as they’ve both been full of Israel, Gaza, Ukraine, Iran, Russia all with an undercurrent of China and Trump. As ever, those that suffer are the innocents and one…
Martin Mere – Mere Sands Wood One of (the only?) problems with moving has been that I have struggled a bit to find a group of people to “hang out” with, as the youngsters say. In Southport we were both very attached to our church and had a group of friends there who we saw…
š Splendid party with old friends yesterday. We compared medications, illnesses, discussed the medications and illnesses of people who weren’t there. We solved some of the world’s problems, but not many. I managed to avoid any political discussions at all (as far as I can remember anyway) probably due to the fact I was driving…
Released in 1963 ( I was 12) this was one of my earliest favourite films. Perhaps this explains the way my sense of humour developed over the years. However, the title of the film was obviously prophetic. This is from The Guardian this morning: China targets group of MPs and peers with string of cyber-attacks…
Three of the 5 amigos A lovely day out yesterday around Wayoh and Turton & Entwistle reservoirs with some good mates. Despite the threat of rain, the weather ended up rather nice really and a good day was had by all. The picture is taken on the dam of the Turton & Entwistle reservoir which…
Short answer: NO THEY’RE NOT!!! First off you need to register to vote. CLICK HERE to go to the form to allow you to register online. If you aren’t already registered you need to register by April 16th to vote in the May 2nd local elections. You don’t need to re-register for subsequent elections (General Election…
Just a very quick post today. I mentioned I had another PSA test this week in my last post and it was yesterday. I got the results today and am delighted to report its fallen again to 1.18. In the words of the late, great Larry Grayson, “I’m cock-a-hoop!” Larry Grayson
It’s wet and miserable outside and the last time I posted on the blog was June last year, so it’s obviously time for the 18th attempt at starting the blog as a regular update on happenings in the Draper clan. I’m currently waiting for the glue to dry on my latest modelling project. Having built a…