My Somerset Life

It's worth going into this in some detail because you never know, you could be next. I was called around 1.15 this afternoon from a strange sounding English person who appeared to know that I was with the Co-op Bank...

This morning I rose early as is my wont and after a couple of coffees decided to tune in to Trans World Radio which is an international American-based evangelical station with an outreach station in the United Kingdom....

Every day I read the conservative woman which is an internet publication edited by Kathy Gyngell.   Every Sunday she writes a week in review. This week so epitomizes what is going on in the UK and indeed elsewhere that...

Following on yesterday's chance meeting we met with the knife sharpener outside a local facility, Midsomer Quilting. He charges five pounds a pop. He is very good at what he does, he's even a trainer for other aspiring...

The habit of having fish and chips on Fridays has been woven into me all my life so we decided to go to Farrington shopping centre or farm centre. We had 2 huge fish and chips portions together with one chip portion....

Ref: link here Today I have just about caught up with my daily diary entries and my covid site entries. This morning I watched a remarkable film 1:22:27 about the French survivors of the 2004 Tsunami.  For many, the...

Saturday - I returned on Thursday and this paragraph is written on Saturday 20th April. I find the first day back after a holiday, long or short, it's horrible because I don't know where I am. I feel I'm between two...

And so after and all too brief sojourn in London we return. I always leave home base much earlier than I need to so we left our place in Selsdon which is somewhat south of East Croydon over two hours before the train's...

Liberties Regent Street has a long tradition of supplying materials for dressmaking and clothes in general. Francoise had not visited it for over 25 years so we decided that now was the time. I saw a very nice...

Rail System 1965   One of the things I love about London is the ease of communication north south. Historically this was not always the case where trains traveled to and from London terminal stations such as...