Apart from the more well-known caves like Wookey Hole, which is near Blagdon there are the Mendip caving group, sensibly located since there are many caves round and about. Since the weather forecast was mixed, we were not sure whether to go out today at all but on balance we needed to escape from our house, not that we don't like it, but that we need a change of scenery and some fresh air....
I'm getting used to my new car now or maybe its getting used to me. It's driving smoother and I'm getting the idea that merely touching the gas pedal is necessary in order for it to go forward. It does not require much encouragement since it is a turbo. It is most difficult to get a spare key for this almost 20 year old car. I talked to a chap in Bristol who thinks he might be able to do it but...
Reference my recent diary entries, this is what my wife has done to the non-descript rusty iron container that we were invited to take, garden we did. It now sits in an increasingly crowded garden of Eden A.k.A. our bungalow garden in Midsomer Norton. I'm looking forward to not wearing my mask when they made obligatory for public transport. The participants at our weekly meeting this afternoon...
On instinct, I went out today to see a potential sympathiser and human being, Helen, at a local shop. I was told that she will be at the shop on Thursday, and so I discovered that from next week the shop opens every day of the week whereas before it had been just open Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10 AM to 4 PM. Any sign of life returning to normal I welcome. Next stop was to Lidl. Bearing...
So I'm 76 years of age but of course still a teenager inside. They say that Geminis never grow up, they just become more eccentric and I would concur with that. Last night I did not sleep particularly well so I stayed in bed until about 9:30 am, made my usual coffee and had Wheatabix with a banana and milk and then I was ready for my virtual service at my church. At the time of trying, our...
I recently bought an old Volvo V70 for £1250, spent about £400 on a couple of new tyres and a complete oil change and there was only one trouble with the car and that was that it had only one set of keys. Anyone who has had dealings with Volvo know how security conscious they are. I rang up a Volvo outlet to be told that the cost of getting a new key would be £250 which includes the key...
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