chris pook

That’s peaceful.  Think it has changed much, ever?

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I guess when you are starting out and you get access, it would be difficult to walk away.

Hi Pat, thank you for sharing your story.  We are all united in this one.

Big (virtual) hugs!

Wifeys birthday tomorrow.  Amongst many other things I have bought herbs… call me a prepper…

Mostly back to normal here, although there were no full size tins of beans.  I read somewhere we have great strategic stocks because the supermarkets were preparing for a no deal brexit.  Has the ring of truth to it.  I kind of wanted to come to Wales and spend some time in hills, but several thousand other people seem to have had the same idea an…[Read more]

Your mother smells of elderberries!

We need one of those!

I wouldn’t be torn.  They are not good people.  The photo essays at the link don’t glamourise them.  Those gangsters in Wales are a long way from ‘Casino’, or the Godfather trilogy.  It is good documentary photography though.  We can be interested in the subject, and admire the art, without thinking the subjects are good.  Look at war photo…[Read more]

The worst case is a further mutation, just as we are on the verge of curbing the current virus… but let’s hope for the best, while we plan for the worst.

Tobie, remind me not to hang out at your place in storms, you draw fire!

Hi Leanne, This is the road heading east out of my village, with only two farms and one private house at the end.  It is private road but a public right of way, so there is very little traffic, but we can go up there and not upset anyone.  Actually I gave the farmer a good photograph of his place and we are on waving terms now.  The view here is…[Read more]

Actually I think that is a spot on the sensor.  Grr.  It only shows up under certain conditions.

Hi Everyone.

Good to hear that you are all well.  Here in rural Cambridgeshire we are locked down with our 3 children and Pippa the dog.  I like where we live and the people in it, but most of my closest friends are overseas, and so this Social Isolation is fairly normal.  The Lockdown also is a bit like being at work, where we would not ro…[Read more]

You cannot get that particular cat back in the bag now.  Interesting reading, thank you!

very community spirited!

I had this mental image yesterday of Death (you know, tall slim chap, black cloak, scythe) looking at the children at a VE day street party, captioned ‘I’ll be back’.

Thanks for the positive comments everyone.  🙂