• 18 Weeks to go!!!!!!

    Another milestone last weekend when we booked our return flights. Got a great deal with Iberia Express. Santiago to Madrid to Manchester for £65 each. Just need two more train tickets now and they become available next month. Also got a rather wonderful app for my phone on which you can plan your route, get…

  • Happy New Year

    New Years day is a day to look back and look forward. Not at the same time obviously. Looking back while moving forward could also be dangerous………. better have a drink! 2015 was a year of mixed emotions. Lovely holidays and time spent with good friends and with my brilliant family. Juergen Klopp. The loss…

  • Boxing Day

    I’m sat listening to some rather chilled out music while the wife watches Downton Midwives on the telly. It’s grey, blustery, but not actually raining at present. Had a lovely day yesterday with family and off to see everyone later on this afternoon. I’ve seen the flood warnings circulating (AGAIN!!!) and I’m just being extremely…

  • It’s Christmas!!!!!!! (Quote from Noddy Holder)

    We’re deep in the throws of Carol Services and stuff and my wife (Methdist local preacher and chaplain to 2 nursing homes) is deeper in it than most non-ordained people. I think by New Year I might get her back!! The weather has been dreadful for ages. Rain, wind but mild temperatures. There’s really no…

  • Booking No.2

    To you it may just be Nov. 21st, but to us it is the day that Eurostar tickets for May 19th 2016 go on sale. Booked this morning. Next booking day is Feb19th when Virgin trains and TGV tickets go on sale. Looks like we’re committed now.

  • A Sad Day

    Sat here on a damp, dreary Saturday with the news full of the Paris atrocities and feeling a bit down despite the fact it’s my birthday. I’m fed up with our governments getting involved in situations in the Middle East that they don’t see through to a sensible conclusion. If we’re going to encourage Syria’s…

  • Another bit of my life

    So, this is the first non walk based blog. I’m a practising (No, I’ve not got it right yet) Christian and a steward at my local Methodist Church (No, it’s not a temperance church and yes I do like a glass of wine/beer/gin/brandy). As a steward, I’m part of the Leadership Team and we’ve been…