I am writing this out of sync, so today Friday 8th August 2025 I am writing an in-depth report about Wetherspoons where we stayed over three nights. You can look up the history of this hotel and pub chain but basically I hold them in the highest regard for a number of reasons. I don't know any other hotel chain that publishes its finances and tells everyone how much that they pay in taxes, I...
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Birthday Girl + the dark side of Frome
Take a deep breath for this one because it's going to be a long account Birthday Breakfast I have often wondered how people make heart shapes though I agree this is more like an onion. I found a tutorial, latte art for beginners: how to pour heart. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiefJJv-Qho We went to a restaurant called Soulshine, which is at 76 South Street. At the main road intersection walk...
Lyme Regis + predatory seagulls
Today Wednesday Francoise felt strongly that she wanted to go to Lyme Regis and what a good decision that was. The weather was hot without being stifling, and the crowds were out in force. We jumped on the hourly bus from Bridport that runs along the coast and 50 minutes later we had arrived. The beach was full but actually it did not matter as everyone was in such a good mood. Francoise decided...
There is something about life in Dorset
We set off on a sunny Tuesday morning at the propitious time of 12:12 to have a three-day celebration of Francoise's birthday. My car was newly serviced, pretty much full of petrol, so well-serviced that it hummed along. I have been aware for some time that Dorset people are different from Somerset people. I'm not saying better or worse but there is something like a time warp that I experience...
Full blown criticism of Sir Keir Starmer by Steve Attridge (Facebook Reels)
Folks I came across this on REELS and it so sums up what I feel. See video link at the end - Ed. <<Steve Attridge, left We despise you because you look and sound like the horrible, sneaky kid at school who held the bully's jacket and smirked while he beat up a smaller, weaker kid. We despise you because you care more about sausages than you do people. We despise you because you let...
Top of my Village Fete list! – Numpnet Thrubwell
Come on now, own up. Who has never heard of Numpnet Thrubwell? This is a small village and civil parish in dairying country on the western edge of Bath and North East Somerset, in the county of Somerset, England. It is about 15 km south-west of Bristol. The name is believed to mean 'the Grove at the village well' from the Celtic nemett and the Old English wiell. Within the parish, the Fairy...
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