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Hotels.com – blow by blow account of my complaint about false advertising

Today’s unexpected diary entry – I had cause to want to stay a couple of nights in Plymouth so I went to hotels.com to see what I can find and this is what they came up with. The property can be seen here. The price was reasonable so I forked out for two nights for £110 and ‘signed on the dotted line’. I would have easily spent this per night in Plymouth town itself which has two problems. The...

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A dose of reality re the Manchester bombing + my world view

Sunny day but start with an event 22 May 2017, a new insight on the Manchester bombing. If you can even contemplate a video of  3:09:37 the revelation by David A Hughes is a mind blower. Can we ever trust an official narrative?  The interview is with Paul Hellier and Iain Davis, Published June 4 2025 Neil Oliver (GBNews) suggests we look at 'The Agenda', which spells out the future for us all...

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A horrible visit to the dentist, but lovely adventures in Bath

The trouble with tooth conditions or mouth conditions in general  is that things can get worse and worse over a period of time and it is similar to  the boiling frogs syndrome, you don't realize how much you accommodate or shall we say over- adapt to a dysfunctional situation. I have been suffering from a rogue tooth that has a mind of its own including moving around in its allotted space and...

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National Garden Scheme – Frome

Most Brits have heard of this organization, NGS, which exists to encourage the opening up of private gardens for visitors. I expect other countries have their equivalent but today was the turn of Frome to show five gardens. In a way this is in competition to the Frome Secret Gardens which is part of the Frome festival which takes place in July. I think the term secret garden has more cashet then...

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The art of marmalade making – I meet a dedicated expert

It's that time of year when village fairs come into their own. We had a choice between Peasedown St John and Timsbury. We chose the latter because we've been to the other ones three times and although it is well organised the vibe of the event is not to our taste as was the food on offer. The Timsbury version was arranged outside on the football field adjacent to the local Village and there was...

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Make your own social life – D.I.Y. Works!

If your social circumstances are different from your wishes then why not change them. The sort of social life you prefer depends on your personality type more than you might realize so an introvert person might wish to spend a lot of time on their own with themselves and be quite happy. Others who like to be the life and soul of party need frequent social stimulus with the quantity being...

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