• The Handmaid’s Tale

    Landslide by Fleetwood Mac with help from the handmaids Last night we finally reached the end of the final series of The Handmaid’s Tale. For those of you who haven’t kept up, there have been 6 series. The program has never been less than good and has often been excellent if extremely disturbing. The final…

  • Preston and The Essence of Great Britain

    Heather and I had a day out in Preston on Wednesday. We walked from the bus station, now a Grade II listed building and a prime example of “brutalist” architecture. We went past the market, now a much reduced version of the old bustling area. We carried on to Fishergate, where we used to have…

  • Chill Out at Acorn Bank

    It’s been a really busy month so far. I repeated the Beacon Fell walk with 2 good friends from Southport about 10 days ago. The post showing the original walk in May is HERE. Then we had big Grandson’s 23rd birthday at the rather wonderful Solito Posto in Lytham. Small Grandson says it has the…

  • It’s Glasto

    High Spots: Just watching The 1975’s set from Friday night. Pretty good really. I was quite looking forward to Rod Stewart this afternoon, but after the Farage comments, might give it a miss. I’m sure that Kneecap are chuffed to bits with the extra publicity received from our PM and the BBC. Didn’t watch the…

  • Father’s Day

    On Sunday I did Junior Park Run and then Mummy, Daddy and I went walking to a place called Nicky Nook. It’s a hill with a weird white stone on the top, which Dad called a trig point. Apparently it tells everyone how high a place is – not sure how. In case you missed…

  • It’s Just Not Fair

    I’ve just seen Nana and Grandad’s photos of their day out yesterday and I don’t think it’s fair that I have to sit in class learning about Florence Nightingale while they go off enjoying themselves. I bet they had ice creams as well cos Grandad always has ice cream when he goes out for the…

  • What I Found Out in the Newspaper Today

    I’m really sorry to disappoint you all, but grandson has gone back to school and says he can’t think of anything to write about. So it falls to me to continue the mildly amusing, nearly non-political posts that my grandson has started. Click on the pictures to go to the news story. In UK News…