My Somerset Life
Brian Snellgrove
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Package holidays vs doing it yourself.
I have a strong independent streak and will do any venture on my own if I can, but any alternative needs to be looked at quite carefully and comparing benefits can be quite tricky. For example if you're going to a new...
Massive Manchester Motorway Madness
So we are off today Monday 17th March 2025 for a five-day break in the Lancashire area including visits to Manchester, Chester and Liverpool. We are traveling with 'Just Go Holidays'. We were based in Bolton at the...
The unexpected results of buying a mower
Amazing how the mind works to bring us people we need to meet. On my social media site someone offered a self-drive petrol mower for £85. My current mower I have had for about six years now and I've abused it so much...
An unexpected detour and a surprise French film
The lunch date that never happened We were looking forward to meeting with the friend in Coleford at a community facility called The Hub where a group of good people produce lunch every Wednesday Thursday and Friday....
an evening where nothing went right
I pride myself on organising my life quite well and anything to do with travel it goes like clockwork but on this occasion everything that could go wrong did go wrong, I was looking forward to my Frome Christian men's...
Indian Call Centres -why I dislike them
I so much did NOT look forward to this call Today I had to call Sky to remove an element from my package and also to order a new sky Q box because the Sky Plus box is now redundant. I hesitated for two weeks before...
The Protocol of giving and receiving
The price of prescriptions for eye glasses Today was one of those days when I was relatively free from appointments but the day fills up as it always does. I went for an eye test to my local optician in Radstock. They...
Making New Friends
Today's soliloquy* is based on reading Lord Chesterfield's letters to his son in which he endeavours to give advice about various matters including relationships and friendships. This father is diligent and...
Thoughts on the Muslim religion
Today's diary entry is occasioned by my having got hold of the video below which is basically about Starmer encouraging with every means at his disposal the rise in profile of the Muslim faith here in the United...
Community is the only thing that matters?
A sense of community is not just important, it's the only thing. I've always been a community person ever since I could remember certainly in my 20s and the so-called swinging 60s. I did very little actual swinging,...
My encounter with a 20 mph zone
I was passing Lidl and I saw this aberration of an advertisement on a notice board outside. I do not know what emotion the photo director is trying to convey through this unfortunate model with the suspiciously crafted...
The best way to start a day
The BBC does have its benefits and high quality music on Radio 3 is one of them so I decided to start my day mainly because I could not sleep anymore with good old classical music. I have said before and I'll say it...
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