Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Cumbria at this traumatic time. Hope the weather improves soon and then stays improved!
There’s no better way to shake off the Christmas indulgence than with a dose of fresh Lancashire air. This morning, we traded the sofa for the trails of Brockholes Nature Reserve near Preston, and it was nothing short of magical. It always astounds me that, despite its proximity to Junction 31 of the M6 and…
We bumbled down from Caen yesterday, avoiding tolls and motorways until we got to Alencon and then decided that driving through dull murky France was no fun. We transferred to the autoroute and it started to rain as well! However, we wound up in Amboise for lunch, outside in the sunshine. This was only 30…
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…
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…
Just back from a weekend in North Wales with good mates from Southport. No phone signal. No wifi. I didn’t see any news from Thursday lunchtime till Sunday evening and it was bliss. We stayed near Beddgelert which is one of my favourite places in Britain. Surrounded by lakes, mountains, waterfalls, it really is beautiful…
So after a lovely Saturday, Sunday was something of a disappointment. My wonderful football team played in a rather less than wonderful fashion to lose the Carabao Cup Final to a, frankly, bang average Newcastle Utd 2-1. If Liverpool had been playing someone half way decent they would have got hammered! The players of the…