First blogpost of the holiday from the 10:09 to Euston. Train packed and had no seats booked, so we’re sitting separately, but on our way.
Felt quite unsettled at the beginning of the week, but yesterday and today I’ve been cool, calm and collected. Walked our of the flat at 9:45 as planned. The only thing I know I’ve forgotten is the little blue plastic bits to unbung my hearing aid tubes!
Got the last 2 pieces of the travel jigsaw sorted. Southport to London and Paris to Irun (Northern Spain). It’s 234 miles approx from Southport to London and 500 miles approx from Paris to Irun, and guess what? The English bit of the journey is going to cost almost exactly twice as much as the…
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…
In the UK, we’ve managed to show some sense and get rid of the bunch of self serving, privately educated conservative politicians and replace them with a group of, hopefully, more effective, honest and moral leaders. With 2 cabinet members from the same Wigan Comprehensive school, at least we should be able to see an…
James 3: 3-8 When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. 4 Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go. 5 Likewise, the tongue…
Ages since I blogged. I keep promising myself I’d do this more often but, it’s a bit like New Year’s resolutions! What prompted me this time is that Google seem to have lost all my posts after May 27th 2016 ( A super day and night in Atapuerca with Larry & Desi and Joe…
Went for a walk yesterday by the Lac de Guerledan, lovely spot, hard walk and we got rained on while eating our butties! Very grey today and with intermittent drizzle, so we wnt to a local market to stock up on fruit, cheese etc and then came home for lunch. We decided on a rest…