My Somerset Life

While wandering through Bath today a car with an open window overtook me and one of the male occupiers shouted on his mobile to someone else 'don't worry about me I have a brilliant idea'. This cheered me up no end as...

Listed in our June edition of the Mendip Times. We thought 'why not?' This is a bijoux picturesque village , pretty as you could hope for, with a strong sense of community and very articulate, well off people. Find out...

Off to Glastonbury to accompany Francoise who is going to see a very special lady therapist called Virginie. She is also french. The reason for the attendance was to have some cranial sacral work on a twisted pelvis...

I do occasionally get bouts not so much of depression but when I realize how deeply mired this planet is in corruption and greed. In our UK Parliament there is only one person who stands out and that is Andrew Bridgen,...

I attend a regular Tuesday event in a group which is an offshoot of the Vineyard Church during which people meet and share for bible study and fellowship. Lest you think Christians are boring, we are a mixed Bunch that...

Saturday morning I received a letter from the Eye Department at RUH, Bath telling me that my Eylea injections for my wet macular were not going well and that they were proposing an alternative medicine, Vabyismo,  as...

Each year about 15 gardens are open to the public and unlike last year when nothing was open we had a field day going round and visiting people's wonderful gardens. We had four hours to do it, and that partly in rain...

June is THE time when it comes to local events where Joe Blogs ( to US readers - John Doe) brings his family for a free day out. 1st stop Collett Park in Shepton Mallett. The field was full of local interest stands,...

Wednesday was my birthday. So much has happened that I dont know if I will have the energy to write it all down. Left in the morning for a 47m journey to south Dorset. We stayed in a B and B in Bridport which was a...

Today's word - schizotypal .  People with schizotypal personality disorder are often described as odd or eccentric and usually have few, if any, close relationships. They generally don't understand how relationships...

Country and rural England are notable for summer fayres, usually associated with a church or a village/town. This time there was one at St Nicholas Church in Radstock, adjacent to Midsomer Norton where I live. During...